Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Ambulance Service Act 1991, the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011, the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019, the Private Health Facilities Act 1999, the Public Health Act 2005, the Queensland Mental Health Commission Act 2013 and the legislation mentioned in schedule 1 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Legislation Amendment Act 2020.

2 Commencement Sections 11(3) and (4), 12 to 14, 18 and 19 (to the extent it inserts definition health equity strategy) commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Part 2 Amendment of Ambulance Service Act 1991

3 Act amended This part amends the Ambulance Service Act 1991.

4 Amendment of s 3D (Service's functions) (1) Section 3D— insert— (ja) to collaborate with Hospital and Health Services to manage the interaction between the services provided by the Queensland Ambulance Service and health services provided by Hospital and Health Services; and (2) Section 3D(ja) to (l)— renumber as section 3D(k) to (m). (3) Section 3D— insert— (2) In this section— Hospital and Health Service see the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011.

Part 3 Amendment of Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011

5 Act amended This part amends the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011.

6 Amendment of s 4 (Principles and objectives of national health system) (1) Section 4(c)(vi), 'Indigenous health'— omit, insert— Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health (2) Section 4(c)(vi), 'Indigenous Australians'— omit, insert— Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people

7 Amendment of s 7 (Establishment of Hospital and Health Services) (1) Section 7, heading, 'Establishment'— omit, insert— Role (2) Section 7— insert— (5) This Act requires each Hospital and Health Service to have regard to the need to ensure the effective and efficient use of public sector health system resources and the best interests of patients and other users of public sector health services throughout the State.