Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Determination 2021
I, Paul McBride, delegate of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, make the following Determination.
Dated 1 March 2021
Paul McBride
First Assistant Secretary
Medical Benefits Division
Health Resourcing Group
Department of Health
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1— Repeals of instruments
Schedule 2 – Amendments
Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services - General Practitioner Telehealth Services) Determination 2018
This instrument is the Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Determination 2021.
(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 March 2021 |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
This instrument is made under subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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— Repeals of instruments
1 Repeals of instruments
Repeal the following instruments:
Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Cardiac Services) Determination 2020
Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Eating Disorders Treatment Plan and Psychological Treatment Services) Determination 2019
Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services—Transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse and procedures for the excision of graft material) Determination 2018
Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Optical Coherence Tomography) Determination 2018
Health Insurance (Section 3C Diagnostic Imaging Services – Cardiac Services) Determination 2020
Health Insurance (Section 3C Diagnostic Imaging Services – Computed Tomography Angiography) Determination 2020
Health Insurance (Section 3C Pathology Services – Archival Tissue Retrieval) Determination 2019
1 Section 4 (definitions)
Repeal the following definitions:
ASGS
focussed psychological strategies
mental disorder
Modified Monash 3 area
Modified Monash 4 area
Modified Monash 5 area
Modified Monash 6 area
Modified Monash 7 area
telehealth eligible area
2 Section 6
Repeal the section, substitute:
(1) Items 2121, 2150 and 2196 do not apply if the service is performed on an admitted patient of a hospital.
3 Section 7
Repeal the section.
4 Schedule 1 (table)
Repeal the table, substitute:
Group A30—Medical Practitioner video conferencing consultation | ||||
Subgroup 3—Mental health and well-being video conferencing consultation | ||||
Item | Description | Fee ($) | ||
2121 | Professional attendance by video conference by a general practitioner, lasting less than 20 minutes, for providing mental health services to a patient with mental health issues, if the patient is affected by bushfire | 45.55 | ||
2150 | Professional attendance by video conference by a general practitioner, lasting at least 20 minutes, for providing mental health services to a patient with mental health issues, if the patient is affected by bushfire | 88.25 | ||
2196 | Professional attendance by video conference by a general practitioner, lasting at least 40 minutes, for providing mental health services to a patient with mental health issues, if the patient is affected by bushfire | 129.95 | ||