Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2017 (No. 2) (Cth)

Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2017 (No. 2)

I, TRACEY DUFFY, 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.

Tracey Duffy

Assistant Secretary

Private Health Insurance Branch

Medical Benefits Division

Department of Health

15 March 2017

Contents

Part 1Preliminary

1Name of Rules

These Rules are the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2017 (No. 2).

2.Commencement

This instrument commences on 20 March 2017.

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

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

Schedule A ― Amendments

[1]Schedule 4 – Nursing-home type patient accommodation: hospitals in all States/Territories, Clause 6 Minimum benefit, Table 1:

Delete the table and insert:

Public hospital: State/Territory	Minimum benefit per night
Australian Capital Territory	$119.55
New South Wales	$121.80
Northern Territory	$90.69
Queensland	$121.00
South Australia	$116.00
Tasmania	$141.10
Victoria	$130.00
Western Australia	$138.10

[2]Schedule 4 – Nursing-home type patient accommodation: hospitals in all States/Territories, Clause 6 Minimum benefit, Table 2:

Delete:

Private hospitals $53.05

Insert:

Private hospitals $52.30

Schedule B ― Amendments

[1]Schedule 5 – Second-tier default benefits, Clause 4. Facilities, subclause (1)

Delete:

A hospital is a facility for the purposes of this Schedule if it is included in the list of second-tier eligible facilities approved by the Second Tier Advisory Committee existing at the time that the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2016 (No.9) commence.

Insert:

A hospital is a facility for the purposes of this Schedule if it is included in the list of second-tier eligible facilities approved by the Second Tier Advisory Committee existing at the time that the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2017 (No.2)