Health Services (Fees and Charges) Amendment Order (No. 4) 2024 (WA)
Western Australia
Health Services Act 2016
Western Australia
Health Services Act 2016
Made by the Minister under section 56 of the Act.
This order is the
This order comes into operation as follows —
(a) clauses 1 and 2 — on the day on which this order is published on the WA legislation website;
(b) the rest of the order — on 1 July 2024.
This order amends the
In the provisions listed in the Table delete “
cl. 12(3)(ab) | cl. 13(3)(ab) |
cl. 14(5)(ab) | cl. 15(5)(ab) |
Delete Schedule 1 Divisions 1 and 2 and insert:
1. | Accommodation, maintenance, nursing care and other services — | |
(a) for public in‑patients.................................. | no charge | |
(b) for private in‑patients —
| no more than $737 per day $414 per day | |
(c) for nursing home type patients.................... | $75.55 per day | |
(d) for nursing home type private patients......... | $225.30 per day | |
(e) for ineligible in‑patients ............................. | $2 884 per day | |
(f) for eligible veteran in‑patients..................... | no charge | |
2. | Home modifications service and supply or loan as appropriate, of such aids and appliances, orthotics and prostheses, oxygen, gas and equipment, wigs, surgical implants or devices as are approved by the Department CEO (including repair and replacement)...................................................... | no charge |
3. | Accommodation, maintenance and other services for eligible day patients....................................... | no charge |
4. | Out‑patients service, except for medicines referred to in item 5 — |
(a) for eligible out‑patients and eligible veteran out‑patients.................................... | no charge |
(b) for ineligible out‑patients — for each individual service rendered......................... | $379 |
5. | Medicines, for each item — |
(a) for holders of an entitlement card................ | no charge |
(b) for other people who are —
| no more than $7.70 |
(c) for all other people (other than ineligible out‑patients) —
| PBS price up to a maximum of $31.60 no more than $25.30 no more than $25.30 |
6. | Same day health service, other than a service subject to a charge set out in this Schedule and associated with the provision of such service — |
(a) for public same day patients........................ | no charge |
(b) for private same day patients....................... | $341 per day |
(c) for eligible veteran same day patients.......... | no charge |
(d) for ineligible same day patients................... | $2 894 per day |
7. | Accommodation for persons accompanying patients (except when parent accompanies sick child for medical wellbeing of sick child or breastfeeding, or when breastfed child accompanies sick mother)................................... | $44 per day |
1. | Accommodation, maintenance, nursing care and other services in a hospital bed, except services referred to in item 5 or 6..................................... | $3 100 per day |
2. | Accommodation, maintenance, nursing care and other services in a hospital bed for a patient, not being a patient mentioned in item 3, in respect of whose health services the | no charge |
3. | Accommodation, maintenance, nursing care and other services in a hospital bed for a patient in Perth Children’s Hospital in respect of whose health services the | no charge |
4. | Accommodation, maintenance, nursing care and other services in a nursing home bed.................... | $341 per day |
5. | Accommodation, maintenance, nursing care and other services in a hospital bed for a ventilator dependent compensable in‑patient with tracheostomy requiring 24 hour a day individual care................................................................... | $6 821 per day |
6. | Accommodation, maintenance, nursing care and other services in a hospital bed for a patient requiring 24 hour a day care for airway management, with or without tracheostomy.......... | $4 078 per day |
7. | For radiological service — for each item of service............................................................... | $379 |
8. | For medicines, subject to item 9, for each item — (a) at a participating hospital for an item on the PBS list..................................................... (b) at a participating hospital for an item not on the PBS list................................................ (c) at a hospital that is not a participating hospital...................................................... | PBS price up to a maximum of $31.60 $25.30 $25.30 |
9. | For each other individual service (with any medicines supplied at the time of the initial service being treated as included in that service)... | $379 |
10. | Same day treatment in hospitals, other than day hospitals, nursing homes and nursing posts — (a) for a patient, not being a patient mentioned in paragraph (b), in respect of whose health services the | no charge |
(b) for a patient in Perth Children’s Hospital in respect of whose health services the | no charge | |
(c) for any other patient................................... | $3 834 per day |
A. SANDERSON, Minister for Health
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