Senate debates
Monday, 22 November 2010
National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill 2010
In Committee
7:50 pm
Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source
Thank you. The Greens are concerned about the issue of price disclosure when it becomes operational. At the moment, the first cycle is 16 months. Since I foreshadowed these amendments, we have had some discussion with government about time frames and data collection. I would like some confirmation about time frames for the initial round of the price disclosure cycle and subsequent cycles. I would like the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, representing the minister, to take us through those time lines. Then I would like to understand what the cycle will be subsequent to that, once you have the processes in place for the initial price disclosure cycle under this legislation.
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