Committee Details

COMMITTEE’S REPORT

The committee tabled Report No. 8, 58th Parliament – Health Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025 on 11 July 2025. The report will be debated in the Legislative Assembly in due course.

View:    Report
View:    Executive Summary

About the Bill 

On 22 May 2025 the Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, the Hon T Nicholls MP introduced the Health Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025 into the Queensland Parliament.  The Bill was referred to the Health, Environment and Innovation Committee for detailed consideration.   

View: Explanatory speech 
View: Bill 
View: Explanatory Notes
View: Statement of compatibility 

The purpose of the Bill is to: 

• clarify requirements of regulations surrounding pharmacy business ownership;
• to support the transition to the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry, including amendments to the Public Health Regulation 2018  to mirror amendments made to the Public Health Act 2005;
• to enable materials and equipment to be left to collect samples of designated pests, including adult mosquitoes for the purposes of detecting Japanese Encephalitis Virus;
• to clarify that all persons may apply for, and hold, an approval to dispose of radioactive waste; and,
• to clarify the conditions on, and process of, Ministerial appointment of an Acting Mental Health Commissioner, where a Mental Health Commissioner’s term has ended.

Further information

Further information including written briefings, correspondence, response to submissions, transcripts and answers to questions taken on notice are available under the Related Publications tab.

submissions

Submissions closed at 10am on Monday, 9 June 2025. Submissions are available under the “View Submissions” tab above.

PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS

The committee held a public briefing on the Bill by officers of the Department of Health on Friday 13 June 2025.  See timeline below for further information.

Timeline