EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Health Insurance Act 1973
Health Insurance (Sacral Nerve Stimulation) Determination 2008
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 or her delegate 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 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 (Sacral Nerve Stimulation) Determination 2007
The Health Insurance (Sacral Nerve Stimulation) Determination 2007, made under subsection 3C(1) of the Act, permits the payment of Medicare benefits in relation to specified sacral nerve services for the management of refractory urinary incontinence or urge retention
- Health Insurance (Sacral Nerve Stimulation) Determination 2008
The Health Insurance (Sacral Nerve Stimulation) Determination 2008 revokes the Health Insurance (Sacral Nerve Stimulation) Determination 2007 as the services covered by the Determination will be moved into the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2008 which will commence on 1 November 2008.
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.
ATTACHMENT
Notes on sections
Section 1
Section 1 provides for the name of the Determination.
Section 2
Section 2 provides that the Determination is to commence on 1 November 2008.
Section 3
Section 3 provides that the Determination revokes the Health Insurance (Sacral Nerve Stimulation) Determination 2007.