EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Health
Private Health Insurance Act 2007
Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2016 (No. 6)
Authority
Section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 (the Act) provides that the Minister may make Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules providing for matters required or permitted by Chapter 3 and/or section 188-1 of the Act, or necessary or convenient in order to carry out or give effect to Chapter 3 and/or section 188-1 of the Act.
The Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2016 (No. 6)
(the Amendment Rules) amend Rule 8A of the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2015 (the Principal Rules) which commenced on 1 July 2015.
Purpose
The purpose of the amendment to Rule 8A is to reinstate part of 8A(3) whereby two definitions were deleted in error.
Background
Rule 8A of the Principal Rules sets the patient contribution for privately insured NHTPs by restricting the amount of benefit that private health insurers pay for each day of NHTP hospital treatment at a hospital. The amount of benefit is restricted to the hospital’s charge less the patient contribution amount.
Details
Details of the Amendment Rules are set out in the Attachment.
Consultation
As this amendment is fixing an omission made previously to the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2016 (No. 4), no consultation was required.
The Amendment Rules commence on the day after registration.
The Amendment Rules are a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2003.
ATTACHMENT
DETAILS OF THE PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (COMPLYING PRODUCT) AMENDMENT RULES 2016 (No. 6)
Section 1 Name of Rules
Section 1 provides that the title of the Rules is the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2016 (No. 6) (the Amendment Rules).
Section 2 Commencement
Section 2 provides that the Amendment Rules commence on the day after registration.
Section 3 Amendment of Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2015
Section 3 provides that the Schedule to the Amendment Rules amends the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2015 (the Principal Rules) which commenced on
1 July 2015.
Schedule – Amendments
Item 1 – Part 2, Paragraph 8A(3)
Paragraph 8A(3) of the Principal Rules reinstates part of 8A(3) whereby two definitions were deleted in error.