This instrument is the Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Indexation) Determination 2024.

(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 July 2024.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 July 2024 (the indexation time), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2024 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 July 2024 (the indexation time), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2024 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 July 2024 (the indexation time), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2024 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

4 Subsection 7(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 July 2024 (the indexation time), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2024 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

5 Subsection 7(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 July 2024 (the indexation time), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2024 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

6 Subsection 7(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 July 2024 (the indexation time), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2024 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

7 Subsection 8(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 July 2024 (the indexation time), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2024 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

8 Subsection 9(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 July 2024 (the indexation time), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2024 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 – Cleft and Craniofacial Services) Determination 2024

9 After section 8

Insert:

9 Indexation

(1) At the start of 1 July 2024 (the indexation time), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2024 be viewed on the Department of Health and Aged Care’s MBS Online website (http://www.health.gov.au).

(2) The amounts covered by this subsection are the fee for each item in Schedule 1 of this Determination.

(3) An amount worked out under subsection (1) is to be rounded up or down to the nearest 5 cents (rounding down if the amount is an exact multiple of 2.5 cents).

Schedule 2—Indexation amendments

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

1 Subsection 9(1)

Omit “$144.70”, substitute “$149.75”.

2 Section 10(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) At the start of 1 July 2024 (the indexation time), each amount covered by subclause (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2024 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 Services – Whole Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan) Determination 2022

3 Schedule (item 63564, column 3)

Omit “1,561.75”, substitute “1,616.40”.

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

4 Schedule 1 (item 32221, column 3)

Omit “994.95”, substitute “1,029.75”.

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

5 Schedule (item 31227, column 3)

Omit “147.45”, substitute “152.60”.

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Other Medical Practitioner) Determination 2018

6 After section 6

Insert:

7. Indexation

(1) At the start of 1 July 2024 (the indexation time), each amount covered by subsection (2) is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The indexed fees could in 2024 be viewed on the Department of Health and Aged Care’s MBS Online website (http://www.health.gov.au).

(2) The amounts covered by this subsection are the fee for each item in Schedule 1 of this Determination.

(3) To avoid doubt, a fee listed in table 1.1.1 is not indexed under subsection (1).

(4) An amount worked out under subsection (1) is to be rounded up or down to the nearest 5 cents (rounding down if the amount is an exact multiple of 2.5 cents).

7 Clause 1.1.1 of Schedule 1 (table 1.1.1)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Table 1.1.1—Amount under clause 1.1.1
Item	Column 1 Item/s of the table	Column 2 Fee	Column 3 Amount if not more than 6 patients (to be divided by the number of patients) ($)	Column 4 Amount if more than 6 patients ($)
1	761	The fee for item 733	$23.70	$1.85
2	763	The fee for item 737	$23.70	$1.85
3	766	The fee for item 741	$23.70	$1.85
4	769	The fee for item 745	$23.70	$1.85
5	772	The fee for item 733	$42.60	$3.00
6	776	The fee for item 737	$42.60	$3.00
7	788	The fee for item 741	$42.60	$3.00
8	789	The fee for item 745	$42.60	$3.00
9	2198	The fee for item 2197	$23.70	$1.85
10	2200	The fee for item 2197	$42.60	$3.00