Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2010 (No. 5) (Cth)

Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2010 (No.5)

I, PENNY SHAKESPEARE, delegate of the Minister for Health and Ageing, make these Rules under item 3A of the table in section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.

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Penny Shakespeare

Assistant Secretary

Private Health Insurance Branch

Medical Benefits Division

Department of Health and Ageing

17 August 2010

Contents

PART 1       PRELIMINARY

1            NAME OF RULES

2.           COMMENCEMENT

3.           AMENDMENT OF THE PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (BENEFIT REQUIREMENTS) RULES 2010

SCHEDULE―AMENDMENTS

Part 1        Preliminary

1           Name of Rules

These Rules are the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2010 (No.5).

2.          Commencement

These Rules commence on the day after registration.

3.          Amendment of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2010

The Schedule amends the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2010 as amended.

Schedule―Amendments

[1]      Schedule 2, Clause 2 Minimum benefit, Table:

Delete:

Queensland   $301.50

Insert:

Queensland   $309

Delete:

Western Australia   $294

Insert:

Western Australia   $303

[2]      Schedule 3, Part 1, Subclause 2(2) Minimum benefit, Table 1:

Delete:

Schedule 3, Subclause 2(2) Minimum benefit, Table 1 in its entirety

Substitute:          

Table 1

Public hospitals	Band 1	Band 2	Band 3	Band 4
NSW	$219	$245	$270	$303
ACT	$219	$246	$270	$303
Northern Territory	$219	$250	$290	$303
Queensland	$225.50	$252	$277	$309
South Australia	$219	$250	$276	$303
Tasmania	$212	$253	$293	$339
Victoria	$214	$254	$295	$339
Western Australia	$236	$236	$236	$236

[3]      Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 1- Attendances

Delete the following item numbers from A1:

1, 2, 13, 19, 25, 33, 38, 40, 48, 50, 601 and 602

[4]      Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8 Category 1- Attendances

Delete the following item numbers from A2:

81, 83, 84, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 97, 98, 697 and 698

[5]      Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 1- Attendances

Delete: 

‘A11:

603 696’

[6]      Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 1- Attendances

Delete the following item numbers from A14:

700, 702, 704, 706, 708, 710, 712, 714, 716, 717, 718, 719

[7]      Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 1- Attendances

Delete the following item numbers from A15:

734, 736, 738, 740, 742, 744, 759, 762, 765, 768, 771, 773, 775, 778, 779

[8]      Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 1- Attendances

Delete the following item numbers from A22:

5007, 5026, 5046, 5064

[9]      Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 1- Attendances

Delete the following item numbers from A23:

5240, 5243, 5247, 5248

[10]     Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 3- Therapeutic procedures under T2:

After item number ‘15705’

Insert item number ‘15710’

[11]     Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8 Interpretation, Category 3- Therapeutic procedures under T8:

After item number ‘35620’

Insert item numbers ‘36663, 36664, 36665, 36666, 36667, 36668’

[12]     Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 8 - Services provided by nurses, allied and dental health professionals

Delete Category 8 in its entirety.

[13]     Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 6- Pathology services under P7:

After item number ‘73287’

Insert item numbers ‘73290, 73291, 73292, 73293, 73294’

[14]     Schedule 4, Clause 6 Minimum benefit, Table 1:

Delete:

Western Australia   $101.65

Insert:

Western Australia   $102.65

[15]     Schedule 5, Clause 4 Facilities, Table:

The table in clause 4 of schedule 5 of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2010 is amended as set out below:

Delete:

126 Kingaroy Private Hospital 31 Markwell Street, KINGAROY  QLD  4610

After:

232 Sir John Monash Private Hospital 212-220 Clayton Road, CLAYTON VIC 3168

Insert:

232AA South Burnett Private Hospital 31 Markwell Street, KINGAROY  QLD  4610

Note

1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See These Rules amend the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2010, which commenced on 29 January 2010.