Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2015 (No. 3)¹

I, CATHERINE RULE, 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.

Catherine Rule

First Assistant Secretary

Medical Benefits Division

Department of Health

16 September 2015

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 2015 (No. 3).

2.                       Commencement

These Rules commence on 20 September 2015.

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, Paragraph 8A(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 - $57.35;

(iii)            Northern Territory - $57.35;

(iv)            Queensland - $57.35;

(v)               South Australia - $57.35;

(vi)            Tasmania - $57.35;

(vii)          Victoria - $57.35;

(viii)        Western Australia - $57.35;

(b)               In relation to a nursing-home type patient at a private hospital, $57.35

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