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This instrument amends the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011 and the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2015 to reflect changes made to Medicare Benefits Schedule items, effective 1 August 2020.
Administered by: Health
Registered 31 Jul 2020
Tabling HistoryDate
Tabled HR24-Aug-2020
Tabled Senate24-Aug-2020
Date of repeal 01 Dec 2020
Repealed by Division 1 of Part 3 of Chapter 3 of the Legislation Act 2003
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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

 

Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Rules (No. 5) 2020

I, Brian Kelleher, delegate of the Minister for Health, make the following Rules.

Dated   31 July 2020

Brian Kelleher                                 

Assistant Secretary

Private Health Insurance 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— Type C procedures                                                      2

Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirement) Rules 2011                                                       2

Schedule 2—Amendments—Support treatments list                                                 3

Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2015                                                        3


1  Name

                   This instrument is the Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Rules (No. 5) 2020.

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.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this instrument

1 August 2020.

1 August 2020

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 section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.

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 1Amendments— Type C procedures

Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirement) Rules 2011

1  Clause 8 of Schedule 3 (Category 2 – Diagnostic procedures & investigations, under the heading “D1:”)

 

Omit, “11700”, “11701”, “11702”, “11708”, “11709”, “11710”, ”11711”, “11712” and “11722”.

 

After “11615”, insert “11705”.

 

After “11728”, insert “11729”, “11730” and “11731”.

 

2  Clause 8 of Schedule 3 (Category 5 – Diagnostic Imaging Services, under the heading “I1:”)

Omit “55113”, “55114”, “55115”, “55116”, and “55117”.

After “55079”, insert “55126”, “55127”, “55128”, “55129”, “55132”, “55133”, “55134”, “55137”, “55141”, “55143”, “55145” and “55146”.

3  Clause 8 of Schedule 3 (Category 5 – Diagnostic Imaging Services, under the heading “I4:”)

Omit “61302”, “61303”, “61306” and “61307”.

 

After “61314” insert “61321”, “61324”, and “61325”.

 

After “61328” insert “61329”.

 

After “61340” insert “61345”.

 

After “61348” insert “61349”.

 

After “61356” insert “61357”.

Schedule 2AmendmentsSupport treatments list

Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2015

1  Clause 1 of Schedule 7 (table titled “Table of MBS items”)

Repeal the table, substitute:

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