Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Flood Affected Areas) Determination 2019

Dated   6 June 2019                

Celia Street
Assistant Secretary
Diagnostic Imaging and Pathology Branch
Medical Benefits Division
Health Financing Group
Department of Health

Contents

1  Name........................................................................................................................................ 1

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1

4  Schedules................................................................................................................................. 1

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                           2

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – General Practitioner Telehealth Services) Determination 2018                                                                                                                                                         2

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Other Medical Practitioner) Determination 2018           2

1  Name

                   This instrument is the Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Flood Affected Areas) Determination 2019.

2  Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

                   This instrument is made under subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

4  Schedules

                   Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 1—Amendments

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – General Practitioner Telehealth Services) Determination 2018

1  Subsection 4(1) (definition of flood affected eligible area)

Repeal the definition.

2  Schedule 1 (table items 2095, 2144, 2180 and 2193)

Repeal the items (including the Group A30 and Subgroup 4 headings).

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Other Medical Practitioner) Determination 2018

3  Subsection 4(1) (definition of flood affected eligible area)

Repeal the definition.

4  Schedule 1, clause 1.12.4 (table items 899, 901, 905, and 906)

Repeal the items.