Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2015 (No. 1)1
 
I, SHANE PORTER, delegate of the Minister for Health, make these Rules under item 3A of the table in section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.
 
 
 
Mr Shane Porter
Assistant Secretary
Private Health Insurance Branch
Medical Benefits Division
Department of Health
18 March 2015
 
 
 

 
Contents
 
 
Part 1  Preliminary   3
 
1     Name of Rules                                                                                             3
2.    Commencement 3
3.    Amendment of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011  3
 
Schedule A ― Amendments  4
Schedule B ― Amendments  5
 
 
 
Part 1        Preliminary
1           Name of Rules
These Rules are the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2015 (No. 1).
2.          Commencement
These Rules commence on:
(a) 20 March 2015; or
(b) if registered after 20 March 2015, the day after registration.
3.          Amendment of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011
Schedules A, and B amend the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011 as amended.
Schedule A ― Amendments
Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011

[1]      Schedule 4, Clause 6 Minimum benefit, Table 1:
 
Delete the table and insert:
 
Public hospital: State/Territory        Minimum benefit per night
NSW                                                     $ 117.30
Northern Territory                                  $ 86.10
Queensland                                            $113.00   
South Australia                                      $114.00
Tasmania                                                $136.55
Victoria                                                  $122.60
ACT                                                       $111.20
Western Australia                                  $133.20
 
 
 [2]        Schedule 4, Clause 6 Minimum benefit, Table 2:
            
             Delete:
                           Private hospitals                                        $54.60
 
             Insert:
                           Private hospitals                                        $54.20
Schedule B ― Amendments
Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011
 
[1]         Schedule 5 – Second-tier default benefits, Clause 4 Facilities, subclause (1)
 
Substitute
 
A hospital is a facility for the purposes of this Schedule if it is included in the list of second-tier eligible facilities approved by the Second Tier Advisory Committee existing at the time that the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2015 (No. 1) commence.
Notes
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