Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill

  • enacted

Hon Andrew Little

Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill

Government Bill

85—3

Contents

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

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: