Health Insurance Amendment (2020 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2020 (Cth)

Health Insurance Amendment (2020 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2020

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 16 April 2020

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Greg Hunt

Minister for Health

Contents

1Name

This instrument is the Health Insurance Amendment (2020 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2020.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table	The day after this instrument is registered.	23 April 2020
2. Schedule 1, Part 1	1 May 2020.	1 May 2020
3. Schedule 1, Part 2	1 July 2020.	1 July 2020

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Health Insurance Act 1973.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1Amendments commencing 1 May 2020

Health Insurance Regulations 2018

1

Paragraph 11(b)

Omit “T5,”.

2

Subsection 28(2)

Omit “1.2.9 or 1.2.10”, substitute “1.2.18 or 1.2.19”.

1. 3

   Subsection 39(2) (cell at table item 1, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

57509, 57515, 57521, 57523, 57527, 57901 to 57969, 58100, 58300, 58503, 58903, 59733, 59739, 59751, 60500, 60503

4

Subsection 39(3) (table)

Repeal the table (including the note), substitute:

R‑type diagnostic imaging service—request by approved dental practitioner
Item	Column 1 Group	Column 2 Items of the diagnostic imaging services table
1	I1	55028, 55030, 55032
2	I2	56001 to 56220, 56224, 56301 to 56507, 56801 to 57007, 57341, 57362
3	I3	57703, 57709, 57712, 57715, 58103 to 58115, 58306, 58506, 58521 to 58527, 58909, 59103, 59703, 60000 to 60009, 60506, 60509, 61109
4	I4	61372, 61421, 61425, 61429, 61430, 61433, 61434, 61446, 61449, 61450, 61453, 61454, 61457, 61462
5	I5	63007, 63334

5

Subsection 39(4) (table item 1, column 2)

Omit “55005,”.

1. 6

   Subsection 39(4) (cell at table item 2, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

56013, 56016, 56022, 56028, 57362

7

Subsection 39(4) (table item 3, column 2)

Omit “, 58308”.

1. 8

   Subsection 39(4) (cell at table item 4, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

61421, 61425, 61429, 61430, 61433, 61434, 61446, 61449, 61450, 61453, 61454, 61457, 61462

1. 9

   Subsection 39(4) (cell at table item 5, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

63334

10

Subsection 39(4) (note)

Repeal the note.

1. 11

   Subsection 39(5) (cell at table item 1, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

56022, 57362

12

Subsection 39(5) (table item 2, column 2)

Omit “, 58308”.

13

Subsection 39(5) (table item 3, column 2)

Omit “, 61690, 61706, 61707”.

1. 14

   Subsection 39(5) (cell at table item 4, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

63334

15

Subsection 39(5) (note)

Repeal the note.

16

Subsection 39(6) (table item 1, column 2)

Omit “55005, 55008, 55011,”.

1. 17

   Subsection 39(6) (cell at table item 2, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

56001, 56007, 56010, 56013, 56016, 56022, 56028, 56101, 56107, 56301, 56307, 56401, 56407, 57341, 57362

1. 18

   Subsection 39(6) (cell at table item 3, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

58306, 58506, 58909, 59103, 59703, 60000 to 60009, 60506, 60509, 61109

1. 19

   Subsection 39(6) (cell at table item 4, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

61372, 61421, 61425, 61429, 61430, 61433, 61434, 61446, 61449, 61450, 61453, 61454, 61457, 61462

1. 20

   Subsection 39(6) (cell at table item 5, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

63007, 63334

21

Subsection 39(6) (note)

Repeal the note.

22

Section 40 (cell at table item 1, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

57712, 57715, 58100 to 58106, 58109, 58112

23

Section 41 (cell at table item 1, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

57712, 57715, 58100 to 58106, 58109, 58112, 58120, 58121

24

Section 42 (cell at table item 1, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

55844, 55888, 55889, 55890, 55891, 55892, 55893, 55894, 55895

25

Section 42 (table item 2, column 2)

Omit “, 57536, 57539, 57540”.

26

Section 43 (cell at table item 1, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

55700, 55704, 55706, 55707, 55718

27

Section 44 (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

R‑type diagnostic imaging service—request by participating nurse practitioner
Item	Column 1 Group	Column 2 Items of the diagnostic imaging services table
1	I1	55036, 55066, 55070, 55071, 55076, 55600, 55768, 55812, 55844, 55848, 55850, 55852, 55856, 55857, 55858, 55859, 55860, 55861, 55862, 55863, 55864, 55865, 55866, 55867, 55868, 55869, 55870, 55871, 55872, 55873, 55874, 55875, 55876, 55877, 55878, 55879, 55880, 55881, 55882, 55883, 55884, 55885, 55886, 55887, 55888, 55889, 55890, 55891, 55892, 55893, 55894, 55895
2	I3	57509, 57515, 57521, 57523, 57527, 57703, 57709, 57712, 57715, 57721, 58503 to 58527

28

Section 45 (cell at table item 1, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

57712, 57715, 57901, 57902, 57907, 57915, 57921, 58100 to 58115, 58521, 58524, 58527, 58700, 59103

29

Subsection 60(5) (definition of service time)

Omit “2.44.4”, substitute “5.9.3”.

30

Section 74 (table items 3 and 4, column 2)

Omit “57959”, substitute “57960”.

Part 2Amendments commencing 1 July 2020

Health Insurance Regulations 2018

31

Subsection 28(1) (after table item 28B)

Insert:

28C A38 90350, 90355, 90360, 90361, 90362, 90365