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Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Amendment (Indexation) Determination 2023

I, Mark Butler, Minister of Health and Aged Care, make the following Determination.

Dated  6 November 2023 

Mark Butler

Minister of Health and Aged Care

 

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Determination 2017

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Amendment (Indexation) Determination 2023.

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.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Section 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table

The later of:

(a) the day after this instrument is registered; and

(b) the day after this instrument has been approved by each House of Parliament.

However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.

 

2.  Schedule 1

The later of:

(a) 1 January 2024; and

(b) the day after this instrument has been approved by each House of Parliament.

 

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 10B 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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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—Amendments

Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Determination 2017

1  Paragraph 4(1)(b) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

 

Item

Maximum increase ($)

13200

1996.80

13201

2898.50

13202

77.30

13203

128.70

13209

12.90

13212

83.70

13215

57.90

13218

837.40

13221

25.80

13251

128.70

13260

65 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

14201

15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

14202

15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

14216

582.30

14217

368.70

14219

582.30

14220

368.70

16400

13.10

16401

65.40

16404

39.20

16406

128.70

16407

65 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

16408

65 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

16500

39.20

16501

78.40

16502

26.10

16505

26.10

16508

26.10

16509

26.10

16511

130.60

16512

39.20

16514

19.60

16515

209.20

16518

209.20

16519

392.10

16520

392.10

16527

209.20

16528

392.10

16530

65 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

16564

261.40

16567

261.40

16570

261.40

16571

261.40

16573

261.40

16590

261.40

16591

130.60

16600

39.20

16603

78.40

16606

156.90

16609

300.80

16618

124.20

16624

170.00

16627

366.10

32500

110 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

32520

15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

32522

10 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

32523

15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

32526

10 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

32528

15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

32529

10 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

42504

15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

42505

15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

42702

15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

42705

15 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

45560

35 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

82100

25.80

82105

19.30

82110

25.80

82115

64.30

82130

19.30

82135

25.80

82140

19.30

91850

13.10

91851

65 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

91852

65 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

91853

39.20

91855

13.10

91856

65 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

91857

65 percent of the Schedule fee for the item

91858

39.20

 

2  Paragraph 4(6)(b) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

 

Item

Maximum increase ($)

55054

80 percent of the Schedule fee for the item.

55700

38.50

55703

19.30

55704

45.10

55705

19.30

55706

64.30

55707

45.10

55708

19.30

55709

25.70

55712

77.20

55715

25.70

55718

64.30

55721

77.20

55723

25.70

55725

25.70

55729

19.30

55740

67.00

55741

28.80

55742

67.00

55743

28.80

55757

31.90

55758

10.40

55762

38.50

55764

102.90

55766

38.50

55768

96.60

55770

38.50

55772

102.90

55774

45.10