Health Services Act 2016

This section does not apply in relation to the provision of Commission health services by a health service provider to the extent that a Commission service agreement is in effect in respect of those services.

The Department CEO and a health service provider must enter into a service agreement for the provision of health services, and other services, by the health service provider.

The service agreement must state the following —

the services (the services) to be provided by the health service provider under the agreement, including —

the health services to be provided to the State; and

the teaching, training and research in support of the provision of health services; and

the capital works or maintenance works to be commissioned and delivered under the agreement for the purposes of section 20A; and

any clinical commissioning of facilities to be carried out under the agreement for the purposes of section 20A;

the funding to be provided to the health service provider for the provision of the services, including the way in which the funding is to be provided;

the performance measures and operational targets for the provision of the services by the health service provider;

how the evaluation and review of results in relation to the performance measures and operational targets is to be carried out;

the performance data and other data to be provided by the health service provider to the Department CEO, including how, and how often, the data is to be provided;

any other matter the Department CEO considers relevant to the provision of the services by the health service provider.

A service agreement entered into under subsection (2) is binding on the Department CEO and the health service provider.