Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2012 (No. 1)
I, RICHARD MAGOR, 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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Richard Magor
Assistant Secretary
Private Health Insurance Branch
Medical Benefits Division
Department of Health and Ageing
14 March 2012
Contents
PART 1 PRELIMINARY
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
SCHEDULE C – Amendments 8
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Rules
These Rules are the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2012 (No. 1).
2. Commencement
These Rules commence on:
(a) 20 March 2012; or
(b) if registered after 20 March 2012, the day after registration.
3. Amendment of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011
Schedules A, B and C amend the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011 as amended.
Schedule A - Amendments
[1] Schedule 4, Clause 6 Minimum benefit, Table 1:
Delete:
NSW $104.90
Insert:
NSW $109.10
Delete:
Northern Territory $75.23
Insert:
Northern Territory $75.83
Delete:
Tasmania $121.30
Insert:
Tasmania $122.25
[2] Schedule 4, Clause 6 Minimum benefit, Table 2:
Delete:
Private hospitals $60.55
Insert:
Private hospitals $60.15
Schedule B - Amendments
[1] Schedule 1, Part 2, Subclause 6(3)
After:
36654
Insert:
36658 36662 36663 36664 36666
[2] Schedule 3, Part 2, Paragraph 4(1)(a)
After:
13921
Insert:
13924
After:
13930
Insert:
13933 13936
After:
32095
Insert:
32215
After:
35703
Insert:
36665
[3] Schedule 3, Part 2, Subclause 5(1)
After:
32180
Insert:
32217
After:
36650
Insert:
36660 36667 36668
After:
42692
Insert:
42739
[4] Schedule 3, Part 3, Subclause 8, Category 1 - Attendances
Delete:
M2
10993 10994 10995 10996 10998 10999
[5] Schedule 3, Part 3, Subclause 8, Category 3 - Therapeutic Procedures
Delete:
36663 36664 36665 36666 36667 36668
After:
42677
Insert:
42738
Schedule C ―Amendments
[1] Schedule 5, Clause 4 Facilities, Table:
The table in Clause 4 of Schedule 5 of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit
Requirements) Rules 2011 is amended as set out below:
After:
Abbotsford Private Hospital
61-69 Cambridge Street, WEST LEEDERVILLE WA 6007
Insert:
ACT Endoscopy
2/70 Kent Street, DEAKIN ACT 2600
After:
Calvary Private Hospital
Hardy Avenue, WAGGA WAGGA NSW 2650
Insert:
Calvary Private Hospital
Haydon Drive, BRUCE ACT 2617
Calvary Wakefield Hospital
300 Wakefield Street, ADELAIDE SA 5000
After:
Canossa Day Surgery Centre
169 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road, OXLEY QLD 4075
Insert:
Capital Day Surgical Centre
2/9 Sydney Avenue, BARTON ACT 2600
After:
Concept Day Hospital
218 Nicholson Road, SUBIACO WA 6008
Insert:
Concord Private Hospital
55-57 Burwood Road, CONCORD NSW 2137
After:
Tarietta Day Surgery
73 Kooyong Road, CAULFIELD NORTH VIC 3161
Insert:
Tennyson Centre Day Hospital
520 South Road, KURRALTA PARK SA 5037
Note
1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.frli.gov.au
2. These Rules amend the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011, which commenced on 1 November 2011.
