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MY HEALTH RECORDS ACT 2012 - SCHEDULE 1 My Health Records for all healthcare recipients
MY HEALTH RECORDS ACT 2012 - SCHEDULE 1
My Health Records for all healthcare recipients
Part 1 -- Opt-out model for the participation of healthcare recipients in the My Health Record system
1 Trial of opt-out model
(1) The Minister may make My Health Records Rules applying Part 2 of this Schedule (the opt-out model ) to a class, or classes, of healthcare recipients.
(2) The Minister must not make rules under subclause (1), unless the Minister is satisfied that applying the opt-out model to that class, or those classes, of healthcare recipients would provide evidence of whether the opt-out model results in participation in the My Health Record system at a level that provides value for those using the My Health Record system.
2 Minister may apply the opt-out model to all healthcare recipients after trial
(1) If, having applied the opt-out model under clause 1, the Minister decides that the opt-out model results in participation in the My Health Record system at a level that provides value for those using the My Health Record system, the Minister may make My Health Records Rules applying the opt-out model to all healthcare recipients in Australia.
(a) the evidence obtained in applying the opt-out model under clause 1; and
Part 2 -- Registering all healthcare recipients
Division 1 -- Registering healthcare recipients
(a) a healthcare identifier has been assigned to the healthcare recipient under paragraph 9(1)(b) of the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 ; and
(iii) healthcare identifier, Medicare card number or Department of Veterans' Affairs file number;
Division 2 -- Information sharing for the purposes of the opt-out system
(a) the collection, use or disclosure is for the purpose of including health information in the healthcare recipient's My Health Record;
(b) an election is not currently in force under clause 13 not to have the healthcare recipient's health information made available to the System Operator
(a) the collection, use or disclosure is for the purpose of including prescribed information in the healthcare recipient's My Health Record;
Note: Under section 15 of the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 , the service operator under that Act is authorised to collect, use and disclose healthcare identifiers of, and identifying information about, healthcare recipients and their representatives for the purposes of the My Health Record system. The service operator is also authorised to collect, use and disclose healthcare identifiers of, and identifying information about, healthcare providers under section 24 of that Act.
(ii) the Veterans' Affairs Department;
(iv) the service operator for the purposes of the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 ;
Division 3 -- Handling health information for the purposes of a healthcare recipient's My Health Record
Subdivision A -- Healthcare provider to upload health information
(2) A registered healthcare provider organisation is authorised to upload to the My Health Record system a record in relation to a healthcare recipient (the patient ) that includes health information about another healthcare recipient (the third party ), if the health information about the third party is directly relevant to the healthcare of the patient, subject to a law of a State or Territory that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of subclause (3).
Subdivision B -- Functions of the Chief Executive Medicare
(a) if the healthcare recipient notifies the System Operator that the healthcare recipient withdraws the election--from the day on which the notice is given; and
(b) if another time is prescribed by the My Health Records Rules--at that time.
Subdivision C -- Other registered repository operators
Part 3 -- Other consequences of applying the opt-out rules
(c) section 46 applies as if the reference to "this Part" were a reference to "Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this Act"; and
(i) if the healthcare recipient is registered under Part 2 of this Schedule--a reference in this Act to a registered healthcare recipient is taken to include a reference to the healthcare recipient.