Health Insurance (Allied Health Services) Amendment Determination 2012 (No. 5) (Cth)

Health Insurance (Allied Health Services) Amendment Determination 2012 (No. 5)

Health Insurance Act 1973

I, RICHARD BARTLETT, First Assistant Secretary, Medical Benefits Division, Department of Health and Ageing, make this Determination under subsection 3C (1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Dated   5^th  December 2012

RICHARD BARTLETT

First Assistant Secretary

Medical Benefits Division

Department of Health and Ageing

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Health Insurance (Allied Health Services) Amendment Determination 2012 (No. 5).

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on 1 January 2013.

1. Amendment of Health Insurance (Allied Health Services) Determination 2011

Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance (Allied Health Services) Determination 2011.

Schedule 1        Amendments

(section 3)

[1]           Subsection 4(1), definition of eligible disability

substitute

eligible disability means any of the following:

(a)    sight impairment that results in vision of less than or equal to 6/18 vision or equivalent field loss in the better eye, with correction;

(b)    hearing impairment that results in:

(i)    a hearing loss of 40 decibels or greater in the better ear, across 4 frequencies; or

(ii)    permanent conductive hearing loss and auditory neuropathy;

(c)   deafblindness;

(d)   cerebral palsy;

(e)    Down syndrome;

(f)    Fragile X syndrome;

(g)   Prader-Willi syndrome;

(h)   Williams syndrome;

(i)    Angelman syndrome;

(j)    Kabuki syndrome;

(k)   Smith-Magenis syndrome;

(l)    CHARGE syndrome;

(m)  Cri du Chat syndrome;

(n)   Cornelia de Lange syndrome;

(o)   microcephaly.

[2]           Schedule 2, part 5, items 82000, 82005, 82010, 82015, 82020, 82025, 82030 and 82035

omit wherever appearing

Medicare Australia

replace with

the Department of Human Services

Note

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