Health Services (Fees and Charges) Amendment Order 2020 (WA)

7 February 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 273

HEALTH

HE 301

Health Services Act 2016

Health Services (Fees and Charges) Amendment

Order 2020

SL 2020/5

Made by the Minister under section 56 of the Act.

1.   Citation

This order is the Health Services (Fees and Charges)

Amendment Order 2020.

2.   Commencement

This order comes into operation as follows —

(a)	clauses 1 and 2 — on the day on which this order is published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the order — on the day after that day.

3. Order amended

This order amends the Health Services (Fees and Charges)

Order 2016.

4.           Part 2 heading amended

In the heading to Part 2 delete "Scale of fees" and insert:

Fees

5.            Clause 5 amended

In clause 5(2):

(a) in paragraph (c) delete "applies." and insert:

applies; or

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(b)	after paragraph (c) insert:
(d) a service to which a charge under clause 10A applies.

6.           Clause 10A inserted

At the end of Part 2 insert:

10A. Provision of medicines

(1) The charge for the provision of a medicine in a hospital

to a patient of any of the following classes is to be of
an amount determined by the Department CEO

according to the cost of providing the medicine —

(a)	ineligible in-patient;
(b)	ineligible out-patient;
(c)	ineligible day patient;
(d)	ineligible same day patient.

(2) The Department CEO must ensure that a determination

made under subclause (1) is publicly available.

7.            Schedule 1 amended

Amend the provisions in the Table as set out in the Table.

Table

Provision Delete Insert

Sch. 1 Div. 1 it. 5(b) $6.50 $6.60

Sch. 1 Div. 1 it. 5(c)	people —	people (other than
ineligible
out-patients) —
Sch. 1 Div. 1	$40.30	$41.00
it. 5(c)(i)(I)
Sch. 1 Div. 1	$32.20	$32.80

it. 5(c)(i)(II) and (ii)

Sch. 1 Div. 2 it. 8(a)(i)	$40.30	$41.00
Sch. 1 Div. 2 it. 8(a)(ii)	$32.20	$32.80
and (b)

R. COOK, Minister for Health.