Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2018 (No. 5) (Cth)

Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2018 (No. 5)

I, SUSAN AZMI, delegate of the Minister for Health, make the following rules.

Dated 18 September 2018

Susan Azmi

Acting Assistant Secretary

Health Financing Group

Department of Health

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Schedule 1—Amendments

1Name

This instrument is the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2018 (No. 5).

2Commencement

This instrument commences 20 September 2018.

3Authority

This instrument is made under item 3 of the table in section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2015

1. 1

   Subsection 8A(3) (paragraph (a) of the definition of patient contribution)

   Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

   (a) in relation to a nursing‑home type patient at a public hospital, the following amount for the State or Territory in which the hospital is located:

   (i) Australian Capital Territory - $60.05;

   (ii) New South Wales - $60.65;

   (iii) Northern Territory - $57.85;

   (iv) Queensland - $60.65;

   (v) South Australia - $60.65;

   (vi) Tasmania - $60.65;

   (vii) Victoria - $60.65; and

   (viii) Western Australia - $60.65.

2. 2

   Subsection 8A(3) (paragraph (b) of the definition of patient contribution)

   1. Omit “$60.05”, substitute “$60.65”.