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

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