Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules (No. 3) 2019
I, Nick Henderson, delegate of the Minister for Health, make the following rules.
Dated 29 March 2019
Nick Henderson
Assistant Secretary
Private Health Insurance Branch
Department of Health
This instrument is the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules (No. 3) 2019.
(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. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table | The day after this instrument is registered. |
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2. Schedule 1 | Immediately after the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Private Health Insurance (Reforms) Amendment Rules 2018. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 section 333‑20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2015
1 Rule 4 (definition of MBS item)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
MBS item means an item that is in, or which from time to time a determination under section 3C of the Health Insurance Act 1973 deems to be in, any of the following:
(a) the general medical services table, made under section 4 of the Health Insurance Act 1973, as in force from time to time;
(b) the diagnostic imaging services table, made under section 4AA of that Act, as in force from time to time;
(c) the pathology services table, made under section 4A of that Act, as in force from time to time.
2 Clause 1 of Schedule 6 (Common treatments list table items)
Omit “20”, “35”, “43”, “51”, “92”, “93”, “95”, “96”, “183”, “202” and “212”, insert “115” in the appropriate position.
3 Schedule 7
Repeal the Schedule, substitute:
Schedule 7—Support treatments list
Note: Rule 11F is the principal provision that deals with what hospital treatments must be covered by an insurance policy that covers hospital treatment. The operation of rule 11F relies on this Schedule, as well as Schedule 5 and Schedule 6.
For sub‑subparagraph 11F (5) (b) (ii) (B), the support treatments list is:
(a) the MBS items set out in the following table; and
(b) any MBS item that is not listed in the table or in Schedule 5 or 6 but is, at the time of the relevant treatment, listed in the diagnostic imaging services table or the pathology services table made under section 4AA or 4A of the Health Insurance Act 1973, including by reason of a determination under section 3C of that Act.
Table of MBS items |
6080 6081 10801 10802 10803 10804 10805 10806 10807 10808 10809 10816 10931 10932 10933 10940 10941 10942 10943 10944 11000 11003 11004 11005 11006 11009 11012 11015 11018 11021 11024 11027 11200 11204 11205 11210 11211 11215 11218 11219 11220 11221 11224 11235 11237 11240 11241 11242 11243 11244 11303 11304 11306 11309 11312 11315 11318 11324 11327 11330 11332 11333 11336 11339 11503 11505 11506 11507 11508 11512 11600 11602 11604 11605 11610 11611 11612 11614 11615 11627 11700 11701 11702 11708 11709 11710 11711 11712 11713 11715 11718 11719 11720 11721 11722 11724 11725 11726 11727 11728 12200 12201 12306 12312 12315 12320 12321 12322 12325 12326 12500 12503 12506 12509 12512 12515 12518 12521 12530 12533 13300 13303 13306 13309 13312 13318 13319 13703 13706 13709 13750 13755 13815 13818 13830 13839 13842 13847 13848 13851 13854 13857 13876 13881 13882 13885 13888 17610 17680 17690 18213 18222 18225 18226 18227 18228 18230 18232 18233 18234 18236 18238 18240 18242 18244 18248 18250 18252 18254 18256 18258 18260 18262 18264 18266 18268 18270 18272 18274 18276 18278 18280 20100 20102 20104 20120 20124 20140 20142 20143 20144 20145 20146 20147 20148 20160 20162 20164 20170 20172 20174 20176 20190 20192 20210 20212 20214 20216 20220 20222 20225 20230 20300 20305 20320 20321 20330 20350 20352 20355 20400 20401 20402 20403 20404 20405 20406 20410 20420 20440 20450 20452 20470 20472 20474 20475 20500 20520 20522 20524 20526 20528 20540 20542 20546 20548 20560 20600 20604 20620 20622 20630 20632 20634 20670 20680 20690 20700 20702 20703 20704 20705 20706 20730 20740 20745 20750 20752 20754 20756 20770 20790 20791 20792 20793 20794 20798 20799 20800 20802 20803 20804 20805 20806 20810 20815 20820 20830 20832 20840 20841 20842 20844 20845 20846 20847 20848 20850 20855 20860 20862 20863 20864 20866 20867 20868 20880 20882 20884 20886 20900 20902 20904 20905 20906 20910 20911 20912 20914 20916 20920 20924 20926 20928 20930 20932 20934 20936 20938 20940 20942 20943 20944 20946 20948 20950 20952 20953 20954 20956 20958 20960 21100 21110 21112 21114 21116 21120 21130 21140 21150 21155 21160 21170 21195 21199 21200 21202 21210 21212 21214 21216 21220 21230 21232 21234 21260 21270 21272 21274 21275 21280 21300 21321 21340 21360 21380 21382 21390 21392 21400 21402 21403 21404 21420 21430 21432 21440 21445 21460 21461 21462 21464 21472 21474 21480 21482 21484 21486 21490 21500 21502 21520 21522 21530 21532 21535 21600 21610 21620 21622 21630 21632 21634 21636 21638 21650 21652 21654 21656 21670 21680 21682 21685 21700 21710 21712 21714 21716 21730 21732 21740 21756 21760 21770 21772 21780 21785 21790 21800 21810 21820 21830 21832 21834 21840 21842 21850 21860 21865 21870 21872 21878 21879 21880 21881 21882 21883 21884 21885 21886 21887 21900 21906 21908 21910 21912 21914 21915 21916 21918 21922 21925 21926 21927 21930 21935 21936 21939 21941 21942 21943 21945 21949 21952 21955 21959 21962 21965 21969 21970 21973 21976 21980 21990 21992 21997 22001 22002 22007 22008 22012 22014 22015 22018 22020 22025 22031 22036 22040 22045 22050 22051 22055 22060 22065 22070 22075 22900 22905 23010 23021 23022 23023 23031 23032 23033 23041 23042 23043 23051 23052 23053 23061 23062 23063 23071 23072 23073 23081 23082 23083 23091 23101 23111 23112 23113 23114 23115 23116 23117 23118 23119 23121 23170 23180 23190 23200 23210 23220 23230 23240 23250 23260 23270 23280 23290 23300 23310 23320 23330 23340 23350 23360 23370 23380 23390 23400 23410 23420 23430 23440 23450 23460 23470 23480 23490 23500 23510 23520 23530 23540 23550 23560 23570 23580 23590 23600 23610 23620 23630 23640 23650 23660 23670 23680 23690 23700 23710 23720 23730 23740 23750 23760 23770 23780 23790 23800 23810 23820 23830 23840 23850 23860 23870 23880 23890 23900 23910 23920 23930 23940 23950 23960 23970 23980 23990 24100 24101 24102 24103 24104 24105 24106 24107 24108 24109 24110 24111 24112 24113 24114 24115 24116 24117 24118 24119 24120 24121 24122 24123 24124 24125 24126 24127 24128 24129 24130 24131 24132 24133 24134 24135 24136 25000 25005 25010 25015 25020 25025 25030 25050 25200 25205 30001 51300 51303 51306 51309 51312 51315 51318 51800 51803 53700 53702 53704 53706 75009 75012 75015 75018 75021 75023 10950 10951 10952 10953 10954 10956 10958 10960 10962 10964 10966 10968 10970 10984 10987 10988 10989 10990 10991 10992 10997 81000 81005 81010 81110 81115 81120 81125 81300 81305 81310 81315 81320 81325 81330 81335 81340 81345 81350 81355 81360 82005 82010 82020 82025 82030 82035 82300 82306 82309 82312 82315 82318 82324 82327 82332 |