Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2012 (No. 1) (Cth)

Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2012 (No. 1)

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

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Richard Magor

Assistant Secretary

Private Health Insurance Branch

Medical Benefits Division

Department of Health and Ageing

14 March 2012

Contents

PART 1 PRELIMINARY

1. Name of Rules 3

2. Commencement 3

3. Amendment of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011 3

SCHEDULE A – AMENDMENTS 4

SCHEDULE B – AMENDMENTS 5

SCHEDULE C – Amendments8

Part 1Preliminary

1Name of Rules

These Rules are the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 20 12 (No. 1).

2.Commencement

These Rules commence on:

(a) 20 March 2012; or

(b) if registered after 20 March 2012, the day after registration.

3.Amendment of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011

Schedules A, B and C amend the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011 as amended.

Schedule A - Amendments

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

Delete:

NSW $104.90

Insert:

NSW $109.10

Delete:

Northern Territory $75.23

Insert:

Northern Territory $75.83

Delete:

Tasmania $121.30

Insert:

Tasmania $122.25

[2]Schedule 4, Clause 6 Minimum benefit, Table 2:

Delete:

Private hospitals $60.55

Insert:

Private hospitals $60.15

Schedule B - Amendments

[1]Schedule 1, Part 2, Subclause 6(3)

After:

36654

Insert:

1. 36658

   36662 36663 36664 36666

[2]Schedule 3, Part 2, Paragraph 4(1)(a)

After:

13921

Insert:

13924

After:

13930

Insert:

1. 13933

   13936

After:

32095

Insert:

1. 32215

After:

35703

Insert:

36665

[3]Schedule 3, Part 2, Subclause 5(1)

After:

32180

Insert:

32217

After:

36650

Insert:

1. 36660

   36667 36668

After:

42692

Insert:

42739

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

Delete:

M2

10993

10994 10995 10996 10998 10999

[5]Schedule 3, Part 3, Subclause 8, Category 3 - Therapeutic Procedures

Delete:

36663

36664 36665 36666 36667 36668

After:

42677

Insert:

42738

Schedule C ―Amendments

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

The table in Clause 4 of Schedule 5 of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit

Requirements) Rules 2011 is amended as set out below:

After:

Abbotsford Private Hospital 61-69 Cambridge Street, WEST LEEDERVILLE WA 6007

Insert:

ACT Endoscopy 2/70 Kent Street, DEAKIN ACT 2600

After:

Calvary Private Hospital Hardy Avenue, WAGGA WAGGA NSW 2650

Insert:

Calvary Private Hospital	Haydon Drive, BRUCE ACT 2617
Calvary Wakefield Hospital	300 Wakefield Street, ADELAIDE SA 5000

After:

Canossa Day Surgery Centre 169 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road, OXLEY QLD 4075

Insert:

Capital Day Surgical Centre 2/9 Sydney Avenue, BARTON ACT 2600

After:

Concept Day Hospital 218 Nicholson Road, SUBIACO WA 6008

Insert:

Concord Private Hospital 55-57 Burwood Road, CONCORD NSW 2137

After:

Tarietta Day Surgery 73 Kooyong Road, CAULFIELD NORTH VIC 3161

Insert:

Tennyson Centre Day Hospital 520 South Road, KURRALTA PARK SA 5037

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 2011