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Committee Report

The Committee tabled its Report No. 11, 55th Parliament - Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 on 15 February 2016. The Bill was passed with amendment on 15 March 2016.

View:   Report - No. 11, 55th Parliament - Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2015
View:   The Bill was debated in the Parliament on the dates set out below. 
            The debate on the Bill can be viewed by clicking on the movie icon   within the transcript.
             -  25 February 2016 - transcript (page 617)
             -  15 March 2016 - transcript (page 688, continued page 694)
View:   Government Response to Report No. 11
View:   Minister's speech introducing the Bill into the Queensland Parliament
View:   Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2015
View:   Explanatory Notes to the Health Legislation (Waiting List Integrity) Amendment Bill 2015
View:   Amended Explanatory Notes to the Health Legislation (Waiting List Integrity) Amendment Bill 2015

Inquiry timeline

Submissions closed:  11 December 2015 - see "view submissions" tab above
Public briefing:           2 December 2015 - transcript
Public hearing:           15 December 2015 - transcript

About the Bill

The Bill amends six Health portfolio Acts to support policy initiatives of the Government, and to improve the effective operation of the Acts. In particular, the Bill amends:

• the Food Act 2006 to require fast-food chains, snack-food and drinks chains, bakery chains, café chains, and supermarkets to display nutritional information, and to authorise disclosure of confidential information for limited public health and safety reasons
• the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 and the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 to enable the Minister to temporarily appoint persons to the public panel of assessors and Hospital and Health Boards respectively
• the Pest Management Act 2001 to enable the chief executive to delegate the chief executive’s powers to appropriately qualified employees of the Hospital and Health Services
• the Public Health Act 2005 to streamline the process for enabling registered midwives to access the Queensland Pap Smear Register, and
• the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979 to make clear that the definition of blood products under section 42AB does not include cord blood, that is, blood obtained from the placenta via the umbilical cord for the collection of stem cells (Haematopoietic Progenitor Cells or HPCs).

The Bill also makes other minor and technical amendments to these Health portfolio Acts.