Health Insurance (Section 3C Pathology Services – COVID-19) Amendment Determination 2020 (Cth)

Health Insurance (Section 3C Pathology Services – COVID-19) Amendment Determination 2020

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

Dated     16  March 2020

The Hon Greg Hunt MP

Minister for Health

Contents

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

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

3.  Amendment of Health Insurance (Section 3C Pathology Services – COVID‑19) Determination 2020             1

4.  Authority................................................................................................................................. 1

Schedule 1 – Amendment  2

1.  Name

This instrument is the Health Insurance (Section 3C Pathology Services – COVID-19) Amendment 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.  The whole of this instrument	17 March 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Note:        This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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. 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.  Amendment of Health Insurance (Section 3C Pathology Services – COVID‑19) Determination 2020

Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance (Section 3C Pathology Services – COVID‑19) Determination 2020.

4.  Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Schedule 1 – Amendment

[1]       Schedule 1 – relevant services

Repeal the item, substitute:

Group P3 – Microbiology
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Pathology service		Fee ($)
69485	Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid 1 or more tests if the service is bulk-billed.		28.65