Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Section 3C General Medical Services – GP Mental Health Treatment Plan Review) Determination 2021 (Cth)

Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Section 3C General Medical Services – GP Mental Health Treatment Plan Review) Determination 2021

I, Travis Haslam, delegate of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, make the following Determination.

Dated               29 June 2021

Travis Haslam

Acting First Assistant Secretary

Medical Benefits Division

Health Resourcing Group

Department of Health

Contents

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

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

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

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

Schedule 1— GP mental health treatment plan review item.......................................................... 2

Schedule 2— Fee amendment...................................................................................................... 3

1  Name

This instrument is the Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Section 3C General Medical Services – GP Mental Health Treatment Plan Review) Determination 2021.

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.  The whole of this instrument	Immediately after the commencement of the Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Section 3C General Medical Services – Medicare Indexation and Extension of Remote Service Options) Determination 2021
2. Schedule 1	Immediately after the commencement of the Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Section 3C General Medical Services – Medicare Indexation and Extension of Remote Service Options) Determination 2021
3. Schedule 2	Immediately after the commencement of the Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Anterior and Posterior Pelvic Ring Disruption) Determination 2021

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 subsection 3C(1) 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— GP mental health treatment plan review item

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services - COVID-19 Telehealth and Telephone Attendances) Determination 2020

1. Schedule 1 (table, before item 92127)

    Insert:

92126 Phone attendance by a general practitioner to review a GP mental health treatment plan which the general practitioner, or an associated general practitioner has prepared, or to review a psychiatrist assessment and management plan. 87.75

Schedule 2— Fee amendment

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Anterior and Posterior Pelvic Ring Disruption) Determination 2021

1. Schedule 1 (item 47491, column 3)

    Omit “1,616.32”, substitute “1,616.30”.