NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM ACT 2011 - SECT 196 Functions of the Jurisdictional Advisory Committee

NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM ACT 2011 - SECT 196

  (1)   The Jurisdictional Advisory Committee has the following functions:

  (a)   to advise the Pricing Authority in relation to the following:

  (i)   developing and specifying classification systems for health care and other services provided by public hospitals;

  (ii)   determining adjustments to the national efficient price to reflect legitimate and unavoidable variations in the costs of delivering health care services;

  (iii)   standards and requirements in relation to data relating to health care services provided by public hospitals to be provided by States and Territories;

  (iv)   developing and maintaining a schedule of public hospitals and the kinds of health care services provided by each hospital;

  (v)   funding models for hospitals;

  (va)   matters that relate to the functions of the Pricing Authority mentioned in subsection   131(1A);

  (vi)   matters that are referred to the Jurisdictional Advisory Committee by the Pricing Authority;

  (b)   to do anything incidental to or conducive to the performance of the above function.

  (2)   The Pricing Authority must have regard to the advice provided by the Jurisdictional Advisory Committee.