Committee Details

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.

Call for submissions

The committee invites submissions on any aspect of the Bill, from all interested parties.  Guidelines for making a submission to a parliamentary committee are available here: Guide to making a submission. Please ensure your submission meets these requirements. 

Click here to make an online submission to the Bill. 

If you are unable to provide a written submission, please contact the secretariat to discuss other options.

The closing date for written submissions is Monday 9 June 2025 at 10am. 

Submissions must include:

• the author’s full name
• if the submission is made on behalf of an organisation, the level of approval (e.g. a local branch, executive committee or national organisation), and
• at least two of the following:
• email address
• mailing address, and
• daytime telephone number.

Please ensure your submission includes the above or it may not be considered by the committee.

Please note: Your name and submission may be published on the committee’s inquiry webpage, which will mean it can be viewed on the internet. You can request for your name to be withheld from your published submission, or for both your name and your submission to be kept confidential (i.e. not published). Decisions about whether and how submissions are published are at the discretion of the committee.

PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS

The committee has scheduled a public briefing on the Bill by officers of the Department of Health on Friday 13 June 2025, and a public hearing on Monday 23 June 2025.  See timeline below for further information.

Committee’s report

The committee is due to table its report on Friday 11 July 2025. The report will be published here.

Timeline