Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2010 (No.5)
 
I, PENNY SHAKESPEARE, delegate of the Minister for Health and Ageing, make these Rules under item 3A of the table in section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.
 
 
 
 
 
____________________________________
Penny Shakespeare
Assistant Secretary
Private Health Insurance Branch
Medical Benefits Division
Department of Health and Ageing
17 August 2010
 
 
 

Contents
 
 
Part 1        Preliminary   3
1        Name of Rules  3
2.       Commencement  3
3.       Amendment of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2010  3
Schedule―Amendments  4
 
Part 1        Preliminary
1           Name of Rules
These Rules are the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2010 (No.5).
2.          Commencement
These Rules commence on the day after registration.
3.          Amendment of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2010
The Schedule amends the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2010 as amended.
Schedule―Amendments
 
[1]      Schedule 2, Clause 2 Minimum benefit, Table:
            
             Delete:
                           Queensland                                                 $301.50
 
             Insert:
                           Queensland                                                 $309
 
Delete:
                           Western Australia                                       $294
            
Insert:
                           Western Australia                                       $303
 
[2]      Schedule 3, Part 1, Subclause 2(2) Minimum benefit, Table 1:
 
Delete:
Schedule 3, Subclause 2(2) Minimum benefit, Table 1 in its entirety
            
Substitute:          
Table 1
Public hospitals
Band 1
Band 2
Band 3
Band 4

 
 
 
 
 

NSW
$219
$245
$270
$303

ACT
$219
$246
$270
$303

Northern Territory
$219
$250
$290
$303

Queensland
$225.50
$252
$277
$309

South Australia
$219
$250
$276
$303

Tasmania
$212
$253
$293
$339

Victoria
$214
$254
$295
$339

Western Australia
$236
$236
$236
$236

 
[3]      Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 1- Attendances
Delete the following item numbers from A1:
1, 2, 13, 19, 25, 33, 38, 40, 48, 50, 601 and 602
 
[4]      Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8 Category 1- Attendances
Delete the following item numbers from A2:
 
81, 83, 84, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 97, 98, 697 and 698
 
 
[5]      Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 1- Attendances
 
Delete: 
 
‘A11:
 
603 696’
 
 
[6]      Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 1- Attendances
Delete the following item numbers from A14:
 
             700, 702, 704, 706, 708, 710, 712, 714, 716, 717, 718, 719
 
 
[7]      Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 1- Attendances

 Delete the following item numbers from A15:
 
             734, 736, 738, 740, 742, 744, 759, 762, 765, 768, 771, 773, 775, 778, 779
 
[8]      Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 1- Attendances
Delete the following item numbers from A22:
 
             5007, 5026, 5046, 5064
 
[9]      Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 1- Attendances
Delete the following item numbers from A23:
 
             5240, 5243, 5247, 5248
 
[10]     Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 3- Therapeutic procedures under T2:
After item number ‘15705’
Insert item number ‘15710’
[11]     Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8 Interpretation, Category 3- Therapeutic procedures under T8:
 
After item number ‘35620’
 
Insert item numbers ‘36663, 36664, 36665, 36666, 36667, 36668’
 
[12]     Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 8 - Services provided by nurses, allied and dental health professionals
 
             Delete Category 8 in its entirety.
 
[13]     Schedule 3, Part 3, Clause 8, Category 6- Pathology services under P7:
 
             After item number ‘73287’
 
Insert item numbers ‘73290, 73291, 73292, 73293, 73294’
 
[14]     Schedule 4, Clause 6 Minimum benefit, Table 1:
            
Delete:
                           Western Australia                                                     $101.65
            
Insert:
                           Western Australia                                                     $102.65
 
[15]     Schedule 5, Clause 4 Facilities, Table:
 
The table in clause 4 of schedule 5 of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2010 is amended as set out below:
 
Delete:
126
Kingaroy Private Hospital
31 Markwell Street, KINGAROY  QLD  4610
 
After:
232
Sir John Monash Private Hospital
212-220 Clayton Road, CLAYTON VIC 3168
Insert:
232AA
South Burnett Private Hospital
31 Markwell Street, KINGAROY  QLD  4610
 
 
 
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 2010, which commenced on 29 January 2010.