Regulatory Reform Omnibus Act 2025 (73 of 2025)

Schedule 2   Amendments to improve or maintain access to government services

Part 5   Authorising appropriate information sharing to improve the integrity of medicare

National Health Act 1953

115   Subsection 4(1)

Insert:

disclose , in relation to information, includes divulge or communicate.

entrusted public official means any of the following:

(a) the Minister;

(b) the Chief Executive Medicare;

(c) the Secretary of a relevant Department;

(d) an APS employee in a relevant Department;

(e) a Departmental employee within the meaning of the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973;

(f) any other person employed or engaged by the Commonwealth to provide services to the Commonwealth in connection with a relevant Department or Services Australia;

(g) any other person employed or engaged (however described) by a person described in paragraph (f) to provide services in connection with the services mentioned in that paragraph.