Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2015 (No. 2) 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.
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Shane Porter
Assistant Secretary
Private Health Insurance Branch
Medical Benefits Division
Department of Health
21 June 2015
Contents
PART 1 PRELIMINARY 3
1 Name of Rules 3
2. Commencement 3
3. Authority 3
4. Schedule 3
Schedule A – Amendments 4
Schedule B – Amendments 9
Schedule C – Amendments 10
Schedule D – Amendments 11
Part 1 Preliminary
1. Name of Rules
These Rules are the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2015 (No. 2).
2. Commencement
These Rules commence on 1 July 2015.
3. Authority
These Rules are made under item 3A of the table in section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.
4. Schedule
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule A – Amendments
Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011
1 Schedule 1, Part 1, Subclause 2 Minimum benefit, Table 1
Delete:
Schedule 1, Subclause 2 Minimum benefits, Table 1 – Accommodation at private hospitals in all States/Territories
Insert:
Table 1―Accommodation at private hospitals in all States/Territories
Class of patient
Minimum benefit payable per night
Advanced surgical patient
- first 14 days
$410
- over 14 days
$285
Surgical patient or obstetric patient
- first 14 days
$381
- over 14 days
$285
Psychiatric patient
- first 42 days
$381
- 43 – 65 days
$330
- over 65 days
$285
Rehabilitation patient
- first 49 days
$381
- 50 - 65 days
$330
- over 65 days
$285
Other patients
- first 14 days
$330
- over 14 days
$285
2 Schedule 1, Part 1, Subclause 2 Minimum benefit, Table 2
Delete:
Schedule 1, Subclause 2 Minimum benefit, Table 2 - Victoria: shared ward accommodation at a public hospital
Insert:
Table 2― Victoria: shared ward accommodation at a public hospital
Class of patient
Minimum benefit payable per night
Advanced surgical patient
- first 14 days
$410
- over 14 days
$285
Surgical patient or obstetric patient
- first 14 days
$381
- over 14 days
$285
Psychiatric patient
- first 42 days
$381
- 43 – 65 days
$330
- over 65 days
$285
Rehabilitation patient
- first 49 days
$381
- 50 - 65 days
$330
- over 65 days
$285
Other patients
- first 14 days
$330
- over 14 days
$285
3 Schedule 1, Part 1, Subclause 2 Minimum benefit, Table 3
Delete:
Schedule 1, Subclause 2 Minimum benefit, Table 3 - Tasmania: shared ward accommodation at a public hospital
Insert:
Table 3― Tasmania: shared ward accommodation at a public hospital
Class of patient
Minimum benefit payable per night
Advanced surgical patient
- first 14 days
$410
- over 14 days
$285
Surgical patient or obstetric patient
- first 14 days
$381
- over 14 days
$285
Psychiatric patient
- first 42 days
$381
- 43 – 65 days
$330
- over 65 days
$285
Rehabilitation patient
- first 49 days
$381
- 50 - 65 days
$330
- over 65 days
$285
Other patients
- first 14 days
$330
- over 14 days
$285
4 Schedule 2, Clause 2 Minimum benefit, Table
Delete:
Schedule 2, Clause 2 Minimum benefit, Table
Insert:
Table
State/Territory
Minimum benefit payable per night
ACT
$339
NSW
$339
Northern Territory
$339
Queensland
$346
South Australia
$339
Western Australia
$339
5 Schedule 3, Part 1, Subclause 2 Minimum benefit, Table 1:
Delete:
Schedule 3, Part 1, Subclause 2 Minimum benefit, Table 1
Insert:
Table 1
Public hospitals
Band 1
Band 2
Band 3
Band 4
NSW
$246
$275
$302
$339
ACT
$246
$275
$302
$339
Northern Territory
$246
$281
$326
$339
Queensland
$251
$282
$310
$346
South Australia
$246
$281
$310
$339
Tasmania
$239
$284
$329
$381
Victoria
$241
$285
$331
$381
Western Australia
$279
$279
$279
$279
6 Schedule 3, Part 1, Subclause 2 Minimum benefit, Table 2:
Delete:
Schedule 3, Part 1, Subclause 2 Minimum benefit, Table 2
Insert:
Table 2
Band 1
Band 2
Band 3
Band 4
Private Hospitals
$213
$267
$326
$381
Schedule B ― Amendments
Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011
1 Schedule 4, Clause 6 Minimum benefit, Table 1:
Delete:
South Australia $114.00
Insert:
South Australia $115.00
Delete:
ACT $111.20
Insert:
ACT $117.65
Delete:
Western Australia $133.20
Insert:
Western Australia $138.10
Schedule C ― Amendments
Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011
1 Schedule 3, Part 3 Type C procedures, Clause 8 Interpretation, Category 3 Therapeutic Procedures, T11
After “18351” delete “18352” and insert “18353”
After “18362” delete “18364” and insert “18365”
After “18368” insert “18369”
After “18370” delete “18371”
After “18372” delete “18373” and insert “18374”
Schedule D ― Amendments
Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011
1 Schedule 5, 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. 2) commence.
Notes
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