Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Rules (No. 1) 2019

I, NICK HENDERSON, delegate of the Minister for Health, make the following rules.

Dated               24 April 2019

Nick Henderson

Assistant Secretary

Health Financing Group

Department of Health

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011

Schedule 2—Amendments

Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2019

Schedule 3—Amendments

Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2015

Schedule 4—Amendments

Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2019

1  Name

  This instrument is the Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Rules (No. 1) 2019

2  Commencement

 (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.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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—Amendments

Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011

[1]  Schedule 3, subclause 5(1)

Insert “36504”, “36505”, “36507” and “36508” in the appropriate position.

[2]  Schedule 3, clause 8 (paragraph I5 under the heading “Category 5 – Diagnostic Imaging Services”)

Insert “63454”, “63460”, “63496”, “63545” and “63546” in the appropriate position.

Schedule 2—Amendments

Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2019

[1]  Subsection 2(1) (cell at table item 3, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

1 July 2019

Schedule 3—Amendments

Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2015

[1]  Schedule 5, clause 2 (cell at table item dealing with the clinical category kidneys and bladder, column headed “Treatments that must be covered (MBS Items) (see Notes 1, 2 and 3)”

Insert “36504”, “36505”, “36507” and “36508” in the appropriate position.

Schedule 4—Amendments

Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2019

[1]  Subsection 2(1) (cell at table item 3, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

1 July 2019