Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Section 3C General Medical Services – Phone Consultation for COVID-19 Hotspots) Determination 2021

Dated   16 July 2021

Louise Riley

Contents

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

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

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

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

Schedule 1— Amendments.......................................................................................................... 2

1  Name

                        This instrument is the Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Section 3C General Medical Services – Phone Consultation for COVID-19 Hotspots) Determination 2021.

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                Note:        This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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                        Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 - COVID-19 Telehealth and Telephone Attendances) Determination 2020

1.    Subsection 5(1) (definition of person who is in a COVID-19 impacted area)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

person who is in a COVID-19 Commonwealth declared hotspot means a patient who, at the time of accessing the service, is located in an area determined by the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer to be a COVID-19 hotspot.

2.    Paragraph 8(9)(c)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

(c)   a person who is in a COVID-19 Commonwealth declared hotspot; or

(ca)   a person who is in COVID-19 isolation because of a State or Territory public health order; or

(cb)   a person who is in COVID-19 quarantine because of a State or Territory public health order; or

3.    Subsection 8(10)

Omit “39 and 40”, substitute “39, 40 or 41”.

4.    Paragraph 1.1.5(1)(c) of Schedule 1

Omit “and 92217,” substitute “92217, 92746 or 92747”.

5.    Paragraph 1.1.8(1)(c) of Schedule 1

Omit “and 92217,” substitute “92217, 92746 or 92747”.

6.    Schedule 1 (after item 92742)

Insert:

7.    Subclause 3.1.3(3) of Schedule 3

Omit “91892 or 91893”, substitute “91892, 91893, 92746 or 92747”.