Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2016 (No. 1)

I, TRACEY DUFFY, delegate of the Minister for Health, make these Rules under item 3 of the table in section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.

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Tracey Duffy
Assistant Secretary
Private Health Insurance Branch
Medical Benefits Division
Department of Health
11 March 2016

	

Contents

PART  1  PRELIMINARY

1.	Name of Rules
2.	Commencement
3.	Amendment of the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2015

SCHEDULE - AMENDMENTS							                       4

	
Part 1	Preliminary
1.	Name of Rules
These Rules are the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2016 (No. 1). 
2.	Commencement

These Rules commence on 20 March 2016.
3.	Amendment of the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2015
The Schedule amends the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2015 as amended.

Schedule 
Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2015
[1]	Part 2 General, Paragraph 8A Benefit Requirement – nursing-home type patients (3) (a)

Delete subparagraph 8A (3)(a) and substitute:

(a) In relation to a nursing-home type patient at a public hospital, the following amount for the State or Territory in which the hospital is located:
(i)	Australian Capital Territory - $56.90;
(ii)	New South Wales - $57.85;
(iii)	Northern Territory - $57.85;
(iv)	Queensland - $57.85;
(v)	South Australia - $57.85;
(vi)	Tasmania - $57.85;
(vii)	Victoria - $57.85;
(viii)	Western Australia - $57.85;

(b) In relation to a nursing-home type patient at a private hospital, $57.85

Note
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