1996-1997
Changes to the Programe Structure
The 1996-97 Portfolio Budget Statements, informs Senators and Members of Parliament of the proposed allocation of resources to portfolios outcomes and their objectives and targets including the agencies within the Health and Family Services portfolio.
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1995-96 Structure | 1996-97 Structure | Comments |
| 1 Health Advancement
1.1: Drug Abuse Reduction 1.2: Environmental Health Standards - includes the National Food Authority and the Nuclear Safety Bureau (NSB) 1.3: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention - includes funding for part of the Health Insurance Commission (HIC) 1.4: Health Research 1.5: Therapeutic Goods Administration | 1 Public Health
1.1: Public Health Development and Programmes - includes funding for part of the HIC 1.2: Health Regulation - includes funding for the Australia New Zealand Food Authority, and NSB 1.3: Health Research and Information 1.4: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) | 1: Name of programme changed
1.1: Brings together 1.1, 1.3, and environmental health policy under 1.2 1.2: Brings together 1.5 and the remainder of 1.2. The National Food Authority was renamed Australia New Zealand Food Authority. 1.3: Name changed from 1.4 1.4: Was part of 6.2 |
| 2 Health Care Access
2.1: MBS and related payments - includes funding for the Professional Services Review Scheme and for part of the HIC 2.2: PBS and related payments - includes funding for part of the HIC 2.3: Hospitals, Insurance and other Health Services 2.4: Home and Community Care for People Needing Post-Acute Care 2.5: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health | 2 Health Care and Access
2.1: Medicare Benefits and General Practice Development - includes funding for the Professional Services Review Scheme and for part of the HIC 2.2: Pharmaceutical Benefits - includes funding for part of the HIC 2.3: Acute Care - includes funding for Private Health Insurance Complaints Commissioner and part of the HIC 2.4: Mental Health | 2 Name of programme changed
2.1: Name change 2.2: Name change 2.3: Was 2.3 and 2.4 with the exception of Mental Health 2.4: Was part of 2.3 |
 | 3 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health | 3 Was sub-programme 2.5 |
| 3 Family and Children's Services
3.1: Children's Services - includes funding for part of the HIC 3.2: Family Services - includes the Australian Institute of Family Studies | 4 Family and Children's Services
4.1: Children's Services - includes funding for the National Childcare Accreditation Council and for part of the HIC 4.2: Family Services 4.3: Australian Institute of Family Studies(AIFS) | 4: Was programme 3
4.1: Unchanged from 3.1 4.2: The non-AIFS part of 3.2, plus the Emergency Relief Programme from 6.1 and the Supported Accommodation Assistance Programme previously with the former Department of Housing and Regional Development. 4.3: was part of 3.2 |
| 4 Aged and Community Care
4.1: Planning 4.2: Assessment 4.3: Home and Community Care for the Aged 4.4: Quality Assurance and Accountability | 5 Aged and Community Care
5.1: Policy and Planning 5.2: Assessment 5.3: Home and Community Care for the Aged and Assistance for Carers 5.4: Quality Assurance and Accountability | 5 Was programme 4
5.1: Name changed from 4.1 5.2: Unchanged from 4.2 5.3: Name changed from 4.3 5.4: Unchanged from 4.4 |
| 5 Disability Programmes
5.1: Access and Participation by People with a Disability 5.2: Home and Community Care for People with a Disability 5.3:Rehabilitation 5.4: Australian Government Health Service 5.5: Hearing Services - comprises Australian Hearing Services Authority | 6 Disability Programmes
6.1: Access and Participation by People with a Disability 6.2: Home and Community Care for People with a Disability 6.3: Rehabilitation 6.4: Australian Government Health Service 6.5: Hearing Services - includes funding for the Australian Hearing Services Authority | 6 Was programme 5.
6.1: Unchanged from 5.1 6.2: Unchanged from 5.2 6.3: Unchanged from 5.3 6.4: Unchanged from 5.4 6.5: Unchanged from 5.5 |
| 6 Corporate Services and Support
6.1: Corporate Leadership and Resource Management 6.2: Strategic Policy Analysis and Evaluation - includes the Australian Institute of Health & Welfare (AIHW) | 7 Corporate Leadership and Management
7.1: Executive Services 7.2: Corporate Services 7.3: Information Services | 7: Name and number of programme changed and the sub-programme structure changed to align it with the Department's management structure
7.1: Executive, Portfolio Strategies Group and Audit and Fraud Control Branch - includes most of the non-AIHW part of 6.2, plus the Department's executive and internal audit which were previously under 6.1 7.2: Corporate Services Division - was part of 6.1, plus the Community Organisations Support Programme and regional planning initiatives previously under 6.2 7.3: Information Services Division - was part of 6.1, plus international health which was previously under 6.2 |
