EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Issued by Authority of the Minister for Health and Ageing
Health Insurance Act 1973
Determination under subsection 3(1)
(HIB 20/2007)
Paragraph (b) of the definition of ‘patient contribution’ in subsection 3(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act) provides that the Minister may from time to time determine the levels of patient contribution by a nursing-home type patient of a recognized hospital in a State.
This determination determines for the purposes of paragraph (b) that the amount of patient contribution shall be $39.05 per day in respect of recognized hospitals in Western Australia.
Consultation
The Department of Health, Western Australia was consulted regarding the new nursing home type patient contribution and has advised it will apply the new rates in recognized hospitals within Western Australia from the day after the determination is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments
PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE BRANCH
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGEING
NOVEMBER 2007