Health Insurance Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 2) (Cth)

Health Insurance Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 2)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 56

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Dated 29 March 2007

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

TONY ABBOTT

Minister for Health and Ageing

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Health Insurance Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 2).

Commencement

These Regulations commence:

(a)if they are registered before the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 commences — on the commencement of that Act; or

(b)if they are registered after that Act commences — on the day after they are registered.

Amendment of Health Insurance Regulations 1975

Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance Regulations 1975.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulation 2, at the foot

insert

Note A number of expressions used in these Regulations are defined in the Act, including:

·hospital treatment

·hospital‑substitute treatment

·private health insurer.

[2] Subregulation 13 (2)

substitute

(2)For subsection 19 (6) of the Act, the following particulars are prescribed in relation to professional services rendered as part of an episode of hospital treatment:

(a)a description of the professional service and the item number of the item that relates to the professional service, followed by an asterisk; or

(b)a description of the professional service sufficient to identify the item that relates to the professional service, preceded by the word ‘patient’.

(2A)For subsection 19 (6) of the Act, if professional services are rendered as part of an episode of hospital‑substitute treatment and the person who receives the treatment chooses to receive a benefit from a private health insurer, the following particulars are prescribed for those services:

(a)a description of the professional service and the item number of the item that relates to the professional service, followed by the words ‘hospital‑substitute treatment’; or

(b)a description of the professional service sufficient to identify the item that relates to the professional service, preceded by the words ‘hospital‑substitute treatment’.

[3] Paragraph 13 (10) (c)

omit

[4] Paragraph 13 (10) (d)

omit

paragraph (a), (b) or (c),

insert

paragraph (a) or (b),

[5] Regulation 13A

omit

[6] Subregulation 19 (1A), definition of hospital‑related service, paragraphs (a) and (b)

omit

or day hospital facility

Note

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