Section 264BB — Income Tax Assessment Act 1936: Commissioner may require private health insurers to provide information

(1) The Commissioner may, by notice in writing, require a private health insurer to provide information relevant to the operation of this Act about each person who is covered at any time during a financial year specified in the notice by a complying health insurance policy issued by the insurer or who paid premiums under such a policy. (2) The information that the Commissioner may require the private health insurer to provide includes the following: (a) the name, address and date of birth of each person mentioned in subsection (1); (b) the membership number of the policy; (c) the name, address and date of birth of any spouse of a person covered by the policy (other than a spouse permanently living separately and apart from the person); (d) whether the policy covers hospital treatment, general treatment or both; (e) the date on which the policy was issued; (f) whether the policy has terminated or been suspended, and, if it has, the date on which it terminated or was suspended; (g) the amount of the premium payable under the policy; (ga) whether the premium has been reduced under section 23-1 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007, and if so, the amount of the reduction; (gb) the name, address and date of birth of a participant (within the meaning of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007) in the premiums reduction scheme (within the meaning of that Act) in respect of the policy; (gc) whether the premium has been increased in accordance with Division 34 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007, and if so, the amount of the increase; (h) the period to which the premium relates; (i) any increase or decrease in the premium; (j) whether a payment in respect of a premium that was due within a period specified by the Commissioner was not paid. (3) The information required by a notice under subsection (1) is to be provided: (a) in a form (including an electronic form) approved by the Commissioner; and (b) within the period specified in the notice. (4) In this section, the following terms have the same meanings as in the Private Health Insurance Act 2007: complying health insurance policy general treatment hospital treatment private health insurer