This instrument is the Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Indexation No. 2) Determination 2023.

(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. The whole of this instrument	1 November 2023.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services –Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation) Determination 2018

1 Subsection 9(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 November 2023 (the indexation day), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2023 be viewed on the Department of Health and Aged Care’s MBS Online website (http://www.health.gov.au).

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Botox, Dysport or Xeomin Injection) Determination 2020

2 Subsection 7(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 November 2023 (the indexation day), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2023 be viewed on the Department of Health and Aged Care’s MBS Online website (http://www.health.gov.au).

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services - Optometric Services) Determination 2020

3 Subsection 16(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 November 2023 (the indexation day), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2023 be viewed on the Department of Health and Aged Care’s MBS Online website (http://www.health.gov.au).

Health Insurance (Section 3C Midwife and Nurse Practitioner Services) Determination 2020

4 Subsection 6A(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 November 2023 (the indexation day), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2023 be viewed on the Department of Health and Aged Care’s MBS Online website (http://www.health.gov.au).

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Extracorporeal Photopheresis) Determination 2020

5 Subsection 7(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 November 2023 (the indexation day), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2023 be viewed on the Department of Health and Aged Care’s MBS Online website (http://www.health.gov.au).

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Botox Injection) Determination 2020

6 Subsection 7(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 November 2023 (the indexation day), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2023 be viewed on the Department of Health and Aged Care’s MBS Online website (http://www.health.gov.au).

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services—Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair) Determination 2021

7 Subsection 7(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 November 2023 (the indexation day), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2023 be viewed on the Department of Health and Aged Care’s MBS Online website (http://www.health.gov.au).

Health Insurance (Section 3C Diagnostic Imaging – Cardiac MRI for Myocarditis) Determination 2021

8 Subsection 8(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 November 2023 (the indexation day), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2023 be viewed on the Department of Health and Aged Care’s MBS Online website (http://www.health.gov.au).

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Extracorporeal Photopheresis for Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease) Determination 2022

9 Subsection 9(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 November 2023 (the indexation day), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2023 be viewed on the Department of Health and Aged Care’s MBS Online website (http://www.health.gov.au).

Health Insurance (Allied Health Services) Determination 2014

10 Subsection 17(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 November 2023 (the indexation day), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2023 be viewed on the Department of Health and Aged Care’s MBS Online website (http://www.health.gov.au).

Schedule 2—Indexation amendments

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Heart Health Assessment No.2) Determination 2019

1 Schedule 1 (item 699, column 3)

Omit “79.70”, substitute “80.10”.

2 Schedule 1 (item 177, column 3)

Omit “63.75”, substitute “64.10”.

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Smoking Cessation Services) Determination 2021

3 Amendments of listed provisions—Schedule 1

The items of Schedule 1 listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

Amendments relating to fees
Item	Table item	Omit	Substitute
1	Item 93680	41.20	41.40
2	Item 93682	32.95	33.10
3	Item 93683	79.70	80.10
4	Item 93685	63.75	64.10
5	Item 93690	41.20	41.40
6	Item 93692	32.95	33.10
7	Item 93693	79.70	80.10
8	Item 93695	63.75	64.10
9	Item 93700	41.20	41.40
10	Item 93702	32.95	33.10
11	Item 93703	79.70	80.10
12	Item 93705	63.75	64.10

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services - Ventral Mesh Rectopexy Services) Determination 2022

4 Schedule (item 32118, column 3)

Omit “1,375.80”, substitute “1,382.70”.

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services — Artificial Bowel Sphincter Services) Determination 2023

5 Schedule 1 (item 32221, column 3)

Omit “990.00”, substitute “994.95”.

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Removal of Single Tumour, Lipoma or Cyst) Determination 2023

6 Schedule 1 (item 31227, column 3)

Omit “146.70”, substitute “147.45”.

Health Insurance (Section 3C Diagnostic Imaging Services – Whole Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan) Determination 2022

7 Schedule (item 63564, column 3)

Omit “1,554.00”, substitute “1,561.75”.

Health Insurance (General Practice COVID-19 Treatment) Determination 2022

8 Schedule (item 93716, column 3)

Omit “93.75”, substitute “94.20”.

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – General Practice Attendance for Assessing Patient Suitability for a COVID-19 Vaccine) Determination 2021

9 Subsection 9(1)

Omit “144.00”, substitute “$144.70”.

10 Subsection 10(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 November 2023 (the indexation day), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2023 be viewed on the Department of Health and Aged Care’s MBS Online website (http://www.health.gov.au).