EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Health Insurance Act 1973
Health Insurance (Follow up service – Indigenous persons) - Revocation of 3C Determination from 1 July 2009
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Health and Ageing
Background
Subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act) provides that the Minister may, by writing, determine that a health service not listed in the general medical services table (the Table) shall, in specified circumstances and for specified statutory provisions, be treated as if it were so listed. The Table is set out in the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2008 (the 2008 Regulations) which are remade each year.
A determination made under subsection 3C(1) is a legislative instrument (see subsection 3C(4) of the Act and paragraph 6(d) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003).
- Health Insurance (Follow up service – Indigenous persons) Determination 2008
The Health Insurance (Follow up service – Indigenous persons) Determination 2008 permitted the payment of Medicare benefit for a practice nurse or registered Aboriginal health worker to provide a follow up service on behalf of a GP for an Indigenous person who has received a health check.
- Health Insurance (Follow up service – Indigenous persons) Determination 2009
The Health Insurance (Follow up service – Indigenous persons) Determination 2009 revokes the Health Insurance (Follow up service – Indigenous persons) Determination 2008 as the services covered by the Determination will be introduced into Amendments to the 2008 Regulations which will commence on 1 July 2009.
Consultation
No consultation was undertaken in the making of the Determination as the instrument is machinery in nature and does not substantially alter existing arrangements for the payment of a Medicare benefit for this service.
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Notes on sections in the Determination
Section 1
Section 1 provides that the name of the Determination is the Health Insurance (Follow up service – Indigenous persons) Determination 2009.
Section 2
Section 2 provides that the Determination commences on 1 July 2009.
Section 3
Section 3 provides that this Determination revokes the Health Insurance (Follow up service – Indigenous persons) Determination 2008.