Health Insurance Amendment (2020 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2020
I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
David Hurley
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Greg Hunt
Minister for Health
Contents
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Part 1—Amendments commencing 1 May 2020
Health Insurance Regulations 2018
Part 2—Amendments commencing 1 July 2020
Health Insurance Regulations 2018
This instrument is the Health Insurance Amendment (2020 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2020.
(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. | 23 April 2020 |
2. Schedule 1, Part 1 | 1 May 2020. | 1 May 2020 |
3. Schedule 1, Part 2 | 1 July 2020. | 1 July 2020 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Part 1—Amendments commencing 1 May 2020
Health Insurance Regulations 2018
1 Paragraph 11(b)
Omit “T5,”.
2 Subsection 28(2)
Omit “1.2.9 or 1.2.10”, substitute “1.2.18 or 1.2.19”.
3 Subsection 39(2) (cell at table item 1, column 2)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
57509, 57515, 57521, 57523, 57527, 57901 to 57969, 58100, 58300, 58503, 58903, 59733, 59739, 59751, 60500, 60503 |
4 Subsection 39(3) (table)
Repeal the table (including the note), substitute:
5 Subsection 39(4) (table item 1, column 2)
Omit “55005,”.
6 Subsection 39(4) (cell at table item 2, column 2)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
56013, 56016, 56022, 56028, 57362 |
7 Subsection 39(4) (table item 3, column 2)
Omit “, 58308”.
8 Subsection 39(4) (cell at table item 4, column 2)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
61421, 61425, 61429, 61430, 61433, 61434, 61446, 61449, 61450, 61453, 61454, 61457, 61462 |
9 Subsection 39(4) (cell at table item 5, column 2)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
63334 |
10 Subsection 39(4) (note)
Repeal the note.
11 Subsection 39(5) (cell at table item 1, column 2)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
56022, 57362 |
12 Subsection 39(5) (table item 2, column 2)
Omit “, 58308”.
13 Subsection 39(5) (table item 3, column 2)
Omit “, 61690, 61706, 61707”.
14 Subsection 39(5) (cell at table item 4, column 2)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
63334 |
15 Subsection 39(5) (note)
Repeal the note.
16 Subsection 39(6) (table item 1, column 2)
Omit “55005, 55008, 55011,”.
17 Subsection 39(6) (cell at table item 2, column 2)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
56001, 56007, 56010, 56013, 56016, 56022, 56028, 56101, 56107, 56301, 56307, 56401, 56407, 57341, 57362 |
18 Subsection 39(6) (cell at table item 3, column 2)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
58306, 58506, 58909, 59103, 59703, 60000 to 60009, 60506, 60509, 61109 |
19 Subsection 39(6) (cell at table item 4, column 2)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
61372, 61421, 61425, 61429, 61430, 61433, 61434, 61446, 61449, 61450, 61453, 61454, 61457, 61462 |
20 Subsection 39(6) (cell at table item 5, column 2)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
63007, 63334 |
21 Subsection 39(6) (note)
Repeal the note.
22 Section 40 (cell at table item 1, column 2)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
57712, 57715, 58100 to 58106, 58109, 58112 |
23 Section 41 (cell at table item 1, column 2)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
57712, 57715, 58100 to 58106, 58109, 58112, 58120, 58121 |
24 Section 42 (cell at table item 1, column 2)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
55844, 55888, 55889, 55890, 55891, 55892, 55893, 55894, 55895 |
25 Section 42 (table item 2, column 2)
Omit “, 57536, 57539, 57540”.
26 Section 43 (cell at table item 1, column 2)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
55700, 55704, 55706, 55707, 55718 |
27 Section 44 (table)
Repeal the table, substitute:
R‑type diagnostic imaging service—request by participating nurse practitioner | ||
Item | Column 1 Group | Column 2 Items of the diagnostic imaging services table |
1 | I1 | 55036, 55066, 55070, 55071, 55076, 55600, 55768, 55812, 55844, 55848, 55850, 55852, 55856, 55857, 55858, 55859, 55860, 55861, 55862, 55863, 55864, 55865, 55866, 55867, 55868, 55869, 55870, 55871, 55872, 55873, 55874, 55875, 55876, 55877, 55878, 55879, 55880, 55881, 55882, 55883, 55884, 55885, 55886, 55887, 55888, 55889, 55890, 55891, 55892, 55893, 55894, 55895 |
2 | I3 | 57509, 57515, 57521, 57523, 57527, 57703, 57709, 57712, 57715, 57721, 58503 to 58527 |
28 Section 45 (cell at table item 1, column 2)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
57712, 57715, 57901, 57902, 57907, 57915, 57921, 58100 to 58115, 58521, 58524, 58527, 58700, 59103 |
29 Subsection 60(5) (definition of service time)
Omit “2.44.4”, substitute “5.9.3”.
30 Section 74 (table items 3 and 4, column 2)
Omit “57959”, substitute “57960”.
Part 2—Amendments commencing 1 July 2020
Health Insurance Regulations 2018
31 Subsection 28(1) (after table item 28B)
Insert:
28C | A38 | 90350, 90355, 90360, 90361, 90362, 90365 |