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Hon Andrew Little
Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill
Government Bill
85—3
Contents
Key
1
Title
2
Commencement
Part 1
Preliminary provisions
3
Purpose of this Act
4
Interpretation
5
Guide to this Act
6
Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi)
7
Health sector principles
8
Transitional, savings, and related provisions
9
Act binds the Crown
Part 2
Key roles and health documents
Subpart 1—Minister of Health
10
Overview of Minister’s role
Subpart 2—Health New Zealand
11
Health New Zealand established
12
Board of Health New Zealand
13
Objectives of Health New Zealand
14
Functions of Health New Zealand
15
Health New Zealand must provide information to iwi-Māori partnership boards
16
Additional collective duties of board of Health New Zealand
Subpart 3—Māori Health Authority
17
Māori Health Authority established
18
Objectives of Māori Health Authority
19
Functions of Māori Health Authority
20
Engaging with and reporting to Māori
21
Māori Health Authority to support and engage with iwi-Māori partnership boards
22
Board of Māori Health Authority
23
Removal of members
24
Financial operations of Māori Health Authority
25
Application of Crown Entities Act 2004 to Māori Health Authority
25A
Application of Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 to Māori Health Authority
26
Application of Public Service Act 2020 to Māori Health Authority
27
Application of Public Records Act 2005
Subpart 3A—Iwi-Māori partnership boards
27A
Purpose of iwi-Māori partnership boards
27B
Functions of iwi-Māori partnership boards
27C
Recognition of iwi-Māori partnership boards
Subpart 4—Disputes
28
Disputes between Health New Zealand, Māori Health Authority, and others
Subpart 5—Key health documents
29
Overview of important health documents
Government Policy Statement on Health
30
GPS
31
Preparation of GPS
32
Content of GPS
33
GPS must be made available
34
Status of GPS
35
Health entities must give effect to GPS
36
Amending GPS
Health strategies
37
New Zealand Health Strategy
38
Hauora Māori Strategy
39
Pacific Health Strategy
40
Health of Disabled People Strategy
40A
Women’s Health Strategy
40B
Rural Health Strategy
41
Process for making health strategy
42
Review and progress of health strategy
43
Health entities must have regard to health strategies
Government Policy Statement on Health
43A
GPS
43B
Preparation of GPS
43C
Content of GPS
43D
GPS must be made available
43E
Status of GPS
43F
Health entities must give effect to GPS
43G
Amending GPS
New Zealand Health Plan
44
New Zealand Health Plan
45
Content of New Zealand Health Plan
46
Report of performance against New Zealand Health Plan
47
Process for preparing New Zealand Health Plan
Localities and locality plans
48
Determination of localities
49
Locality plans
New Zealand Health Charter
50
New Zealand Health Charter
52
Making of charter
52A
Report on charter
Consumer and whānau engagement
53
Code for consumer and whānau engagement in health sector
54
Health entities must act in accordance with code
Subpart 6—Ministerial powers
55
Minister may appoint Crown observers
56
Minister may dismiss board or appoint commissioner
56A
Minister may appoint Crown manager for Health New Zealand
57
Improvement plan
58
Provision of information
59
Restrictions on directions under section 103 of Crown Entities Act 2004
Part 3
Other roles
Subpart 1—Pharmac
60
Pharmac
61
Objectives of Pharmac
62
Functions of Pharmac
63
Pharmac to consult in implementing objectives and performing functions
64
Board of Pharmac to ensure advisory committees
65
Publication of notices
66
Membership of board of Pharmac
67
Exemption from Part 2 of Commerce Act 1986
Subpart 2—New Zealand Blood and Organ Service
68
NZBOS
69
Functions of NZBOS
70
Membership of board
Subpart 3—Health Quality and Safety Commission
71
Health Quality and Safety Commission
72
Objectives of HQSC
73
Functions of HQSC
74
Membership of board of HQSC
75
HQSC may appoint mortality review committees
Subpart 4—Provisions that apply to Pharmac, NZBOS, and HQSC
76
Organisation defined
77
Responsibility to operate in financially responsible manner
80
Public Records Act 2005 to apply
81
Committees
Subpart 5—Committees
Ministerial committees
82
Ministerial committees
83
Information about ministerial committees to be made public
Hauora Māori Advisory Committee
84
Hauora Māori Advisory Committee
84A
Membership of Hauora Māori Advisory Committee
84B
Listing of organisations in
Schedule 1A
National advisory committee on health services ethics
85
National advisory committee on health services ethics
Expert advisory committee on public health
86
Expert advisory committee on public health
Part 4
General
Subpart 1—Powers in relation to service commissioning
90
Arrangements relating to payments
91
Restrictions on notices given under
section 90
Subpart 2—Provisions that apply to health entities
92
Accountability documents
93
Director-General may require information from health entities
94
Health entities must provide information
95
Minister’s approval required for health entity’s dealings with land
Subpart 2A—Review of Act
95A
Act must be reviewed every 5 years
Subpart 3—Secondary legislation
96
Levies for alcohol-related purposes
97
Regulations
Subpart 4—Amendments to enactments
98
Enactments repealed and revoked
99
Consequential amendments
Schedule 1
Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Schedule 1A
Organisations for purpose of
section 84A(1)(b)(i)
Schedule 2
Consequential amendments to enactments
Schedule 3
Iwi-Māori partnership boards
Schedule 4
Provisions applying to mortality review committees
Schedule 5
Provisions relating to imposition and payment of Ministry levies
Schedule 6
Classes of alcohol and rates for each class
Legislative history
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