Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Amendment (Indexation) Determination 2020 (Cth)

Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Amendment (Indexation) Determination 2020

I, GREG HUNT, Minister for Health, make the following Determination.

Dated   19 November 2020                

Greg Hunt

Minister for Health

Contents

1  Name........................................................................................................................................ 1

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1

4  Schedules................................................................................................................................. 1

Schedule 1— Amendments  2

1  Name

This instrument is the Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Amendment (Indexation) Determination 2020.

2  Commencement

(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 later of: (a) the day after this instrument is registered; and (b) the day after this instrument has been approved by each House of Parliament. However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.
2.  Schedule 1	The later of: (a) 1 January 2021; and (b) the day after this instrument has been approved by each House of Parliament

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

(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.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under section 10B of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

4  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Determination 2017

1 Subsection 4(1) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Item	Maximum increase ($)
13200	1,714.20
13201	2,488.35
13202	66.45
13203	110.65
13206	66.45
13209	11.15
13210	5.45
13212	72.00
13215	49.85
13218	718.90
13221	22.20
13251	110.65
13260	65 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
14201	15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
14202	15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
16399	24.65
16400	11.35
16401	56.20
16404	33.75
16406	110.65
16407	65 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
16408	65 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
16500	33.75
16501	67.40
16502	22.50
16505	22.50
16508	22.50
16509	22.50
16511	112.30
16512	33.75
16514	16.90
16515	179.65
16518	179.65
16519	336.75
16520	336.75
16527	179.65
16528	336.75
16530	65 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
16564	224.50
16567	224.50
16570	224.50
16571	224.50
16573	224.50
16590	224.50
16591	112.30
16600	33.75
16603	67.40
16606	134.80
16609	258.25
16618	106.70
16624	145.95
16627	314.35
32500	110 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
32520	15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
32522	10 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
32523	15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
32526	10 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
32528	15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
32529	10 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
42504	15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
42505	15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
42702	15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
42705	15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
45560	35 percent of the Schedule fee for the item
82100	22.20
82105	16.65
82110	22.20
82115	55.35
82130	16.65
82135	22.20
82140	16.65

2 Paragraph 4(2)(a)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

(a)subsections 10ACA(7A) and 10ADA(8A) apply to item 11704, 14100, 20142, 30071, 31560, 32504, 32507, 34106, 37619, 42590, 42738, 42739, 42740, 45003, 45025, 45026, 45200, 45203, 45206, 45545, 45614, 45617, 45620, 45623, 45624, 45632, 45635 and 45652 of the general medical services table; and

3 Paragraph 4(3) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Group

A1

A2

A3

A4

A5

A6

A7

A8

A9

A10

A11

A12

A13

A14

A15

A17

A18

A19

A20

A21

A22

A23

A24

A26

A27

A28

A29

A30

A31

A32

A33

A35

A36

A39

A40

A41

T6

4 Paragraph 4(4) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Group

M3

M6

M7

M8

M9

M10

M11

M12

M14

M15

M16

M17

M18

M19

O1

5 Paragraph 4(5)(a)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

(a) subsections 10ACA(7A) and 10ADA(8A) apply to items 13899 of the general medical services table and items 75001, 75004, 75150, 75153, 82150, 82151, 82152, 90183, 90188, 90202 and 90212 in a determination made under subsection 3C(1) of the Act; and

6 Paragraph 4(6) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Item	Maximum increase ($)
55054	80 percent of the Schedule fee for the item.
55700	33.20
55703	16.65
55704	38.75
55705	16.65
55706	55.30
55707	38.75
55708	16.65
55709	22.15
55712	66.35
55715	22.15
55718	55.30
55721	66.35
55723	22.15
55725	22.15
55729	16.65
55762	33.20
55764	88.45
55766	33.20
55768	83.00
55770	33.20
55772	88.45
55774	38.75