Health Insurance Act 1973 - Determination of Patient Contribution under sub-section 3(1) (HIB 33/2006) (WA)

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

 

Issued by Authority of the Minister for Health and Ageing

 

Health Insurance Act 1973

Determination under Subsection 3(1)

(HIB 33/2006)

 

 

 

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 $37.30 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

 

The determination and this explanatory statement have been lodged for registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE BRANCH

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGEING

NOVEMBER 2006

 

 

 

 

 

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