16BCopies of reports to APRA

16B Copies of reports to APRA

For section 124 of the Act, a private health insurer that makes a report to all or any of the policy holders of a health benefits fund conducted by the private health insurer, must, if requested by APRA, give a copy of the report to APRA.

Such a report must be given to APRA within 1 month after making the report, or within such further time as APRA allows.

Part 6- Publication of membership information

17. Publication of membership information

For the purposes of paragraph 167(1)(h) of the Act, APRA must publish the following information in relation to the membership of each private health insurer:

(a) the total number of policies of insurance underwritten during the financial year relating to:

1. hospital treatment (hospital treatment policies); and
2. general treatment (general treatment policies); and

(b) the number of people insured under the hospital treatment policies and the number of people insured under the general treatment policies;

(c) the average number of hospital treatment policies and general treatment policies in force during the financial year; and

(d) the average number of people covered by the hospital treatment policies and general treatment policies in force during the financial year.