HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1988 - SECT 18 Criteria for public funding of agencies

HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1988 - SECT 18

In determining whether or not any grant, subsidy or other financial assistance should be given to an agency from money administered by the Secretary or determining what terms and conditions (if any) should be imposed, consideration must be given to the following—

        (a)     the arrangements made or to be made by the agency—

              (i)     for ensuring that it makes efficient use of its resources; and

              (ii)     for monitoring and improving the quality of health services provided by the agency; and

              (iii)     for making its services accessible to minority groups and disadvantaged people; and

              (iv)     for enabling users of its services to make informed decisions about health care; and

              (v)     for enabling its employees to participate in decisions about their work environment;

        (b)     whether the provision of services of any kind by the agency is likely to result in more than adequate services of that kind becoming available in any area;

        (c)     whether the provision of services by the agency is consistent with any guidelines in force under Part 2;

        (d)     whether the agency has complied with any health service agreement or interim funding statement relating to it;

        (e)     if the agency has failed to comply with a health service agreement or interim funding statement, the reasons for non-compliance;

S. 18(ea) inserted by No. 112/1993 s. 5, amended by No. 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1).

        (ea)     the terms of any agreement between the agency and the Secretary under which the agency is to provide health services, and the provision of those health services is to be funded in whole or in part by the Secretary;

S. 18(eb) inserted by No. 112/1993 s. 5.

        (eb)     in the case of an agency which is a public hospital or a denominational hospital, whether it has complied with any direction given under section 42(1)(ia), and if it has failed to comply with that direction, the reasons for non-compliance;

S. 18(ec) inserted by No. 52/2004 s. 8.

        (ec)     in the case of a public health service, whether it has met the objectives, priorities and key performance outcomes specified in its statement of priorities under section 65ZFA in relation to the current financial year or in its statements of priorities under section 65ZFA in relation to the last 2 financial years;

S. 18(ed) inserted by No. 52/2004 s. 8.

        (ed)     in the case of a denominational hospital to which a statement of priorities under section 44A relates, whether it has met the objectives, priorities and key performance outcomes specified in its statement of priorities in relation to the current financial year or in its statements of priorities in relation to the last 2 financial years;

        (f)     any other relevant matters.

Pt 3 Div. 1A (Heading and ss 18A–18F) inserted by No. 112/1993 s. 6.

Division 1A—Case mix funding

S. 18A inserted by No. 112/1993 s. 6, amended by No. 68/1996 s. 24(1).