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Health Insurance Legislative Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Determination 2025

I, Louise Riley, delegate of the Minister of Health and Aged Care, make the following determination.

Dated 3 February 2025

Louise Riley

Assistant Secretary

MBS Policy and Reviews Branch

Medicare Benefits and Digital Health Division

Health Resourcing Group

Department of Health and Aged Care

 

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1— Telehealth Amendments

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Allied Health Services) Determination 2024

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Telehealth and Telephone Attendances) Determination 2021

Schedule 2— Inpatient Psychiatry Amendments

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Telehealth and Telephone Attendances) Determination 2021

 

  This instrument is the Health Insurance Legislative Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Determination 2025.

  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 March 2025.

 

Note:  This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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

  1.     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 subsection 3C(1) of 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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

  1.         The whole of section 4

Omit every reference to “Telehealth and Telephone Determination”, substitute “Telehealth Attendance Determination”.

  1.         The whole of Schedule 2

Omit every reference to “Telehealth and Telephone Determination”, substitute “Telehealth Attendance Determination”.

  1.         Clause 2.1.3 of Schedule 2 (title)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video conference”.

  1.         Clause 8.1.4 of Schedule 2 (title)

Omit “telehealth items”, substitute “video items”.

  1.         Section 5 (definition of person who is in a natural disaster affected area)

Omit “ or telephone”.

  1.         Section 5 (after definition of single course of treatment)

Insert:

telehealth means a professional attendance by video attendance or phone attendance.

  1.         Section 5 (definition Section 5 (definition of telehealth attendance)

Omit “telehealth attendance”, substitute “video attendance”.

  1.         Subsection 7(7)

Omit “telehealth and phone attendances”, substitute “telehealth services”.

  1.         Division 1.1 of Schedule 1 (title)

Omit “and phone”.

  1.    Clause 1.1.19 of Schedule 1 (Group A40 table, heading)

Omit “Telehealth and phone”, substitute “Telehealth”.

  1.    Clause 1.1.19 of Schedule 1 (Group A40 table, subgroup 1, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 1 (items 91790, 91800, 91801, 91802, 91792, 91803, 91804, 91805, 91794, 91806, 91807, 91808, 91920, 91923 and 91926, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 1.1.19 of Schedule 1 (Group A40 table, subgroup 3, heading)

Omit “telehealth services”, substitute “- Video Services”.

  1.    Schedule 1 (items 91818, 91819, 91820, 91821, 91859, 91861, 91862 and 91863, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 1.1.19 of Schedule 1 (Group A40 table, subgroup 11, heading)

Omit “Telehealth Service”, substitute “Video Services”.

  1.    Schedule 1 (items 92004 and 92011, Column 2)

 Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 1.1.19 of Schedule 1 (Group A40 table, subgroup 13, heading)

Omit “Subgroup 13 —GP management plans, team care arrangements and multidisciplinary care plans via telehealth attendance”, substitute “Subgroup 13 —GP management plans, team care arrangements and multidisciplinary care plans services – Video Services”.

  1.    Schedule 1 (items 92024 and 92025, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Schedule 1 (items 92026 and 92027, Column 2)

Omit “by telehealth”, substitute “by video”.

  1.    Schedule 1 (Items 92028, 92055 and 92056, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Schedule 1 (items 92057 and 92058, column 2)

Omit “by telehealth”, substitute “by video”.

  1.    Schedule 1 (Item 92059, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 1.1.19 of Schedule 1 (Group A40 table, subgroup 15, heading)

Omit “Telehealth Service”, substitute “Video Services”.

  1.    Schedule 1 (items 92136 and 92137, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 1.1.19 of Schedule 1 (Group A40 table, subgroup 17, heading)

Omit “telehealth service”, substitute “Video Services”.

  1.    Schedule 1 (item 92142, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 1.1.19 of Schedule 1 (Group A40 table, subgroup 19, heading)

Omit “telehealth service”, substitute “Video Services”.

  1.    Schedule 1 (items 92112, 92113, 92114, 92115, 92116, 92117, 92118, 92119, 92120, 92121, 92122 and 92123, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 1.1.19 of Schedule 1 (Group A40 table, subgroup 21, heading)

Omit “Telehealth Service”, substitute “Video Services”.

  1.    Schedule 1 (items 92146, 92147, 92148, 92149, 92150, 92151, 92152 and 92153, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 1.1.19 of Schedule 1 (Group A40 table, subgroup 25, heading)

Omit “Telehealth Service”, substitute “Video Services”.

  1.    Schedule 1 (items 92170 and 92171, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 1.1.19 of Schedule 1 (Group A40 table, subgroup 27, heading)

Omit “Telehealth Service”, substitute “Video Services”.

  1.    Schedule 1 (items 92182, 92184, 92186 and 92188, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 1.1.19 of Schedule 1 (Group A40 table, subgroup 29, heading)

Omit “Telehealth Service”, substitute “Video Services”.

  1.    Schedule 1 (items 92210 and 92211, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Division 2.1 of Schedule 2 (title)

Omit “specialist attendances via telehealth and phone”, substitute “Specialist attendances via telehealth”.

  1.    Clause 2.1.1 of Schedule 2 (title)

Omit “and phone ”.

  1.    Clause 2.1.4 of Schedule 2 (Group A40 table, heading)

Omit “Telehealth and phone”, substitute “Telehealth”.

  1.    Clause 2.1.4 of Schedule 2 (Group A40 table, subgroup 4, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 2 (items 91822 and 91823, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 2.1.4 of Schedule 2 (Group A40 table, subgroup 5, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 2 (items 91824, 91825, 91826, 92422 and 92423, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 2.1.4 of Schedule 2 (Group A40 table, subgroup 6, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 2 (items 91827, 91828, 91829, 91830, 91831, 91868, 91869, 91870, 91871, 91872, 91873, 91874, 91875, 91876, 91877, 91878, 92434, 92435, 92436, 92437, 92455, 92456 and 92457, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 2.1.4 of Schedule 2 (Group A40 table, subgroup 17, heading)

Omit “telehealth services”, substitute “Video services”.

  1.    Schedule 2 (items 92140 and 92141, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 2.1.4 of Schedule 2 (Group A40 table, subgroup 23, heading)

Omit “Telehealth Service”, substitute “Video Services”.

  1.    Schedule 2 (items 92162 and 92163, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 2.1.4 of Schedule 2 (Group A40 table, subgroup 25, heading)

Omit “Telehealth Service”, substitute “Video Services”.

  1.    Schedule 2 (items 92172 and 92173, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 2.1.4 of Schedule 2 (Group A40 table, subgroup 31, heading)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Schedule 2 (items 92623 and 92624, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 2.1.4 of Schedule 2 (Group A40 table, subgroup 33, heading)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Schedule 2 (items 92513, 92514, 92515 and 92516, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 2.1.4 of Schedule 2 (Group A40 table, subgroup 35, heading)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Schedule 2 (items 92610, 92611, 92612, 92613 and 92614, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 2.1.4 of Schedule 2 (Group A40 table, subgroup 37, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 2 (item 92701, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 2.2.1 of Schedule 2 (title)

Omit “telehealth and phone services”, substitute “telehealth services”.

  1.    Clause 2.2.1 of Schedule 2 (Group T4 table, subgroup 1, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 2 (items 91850, 91851, 91852 and 91853, Column 2)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 2 (item 91852 and 91857, Column 2)

Omit “Health Insurance (Midwife and Nurse Practitioner) Determination 2015”, substitute “Health Insurance (Section 3C Midwife and Nurse Practitioner Services) Determination 2020”.

  1.    Division 3.1 of Schedule 3 (title)

Omit “telehealth and phone”, substitute “telehealth”.

  1.    Clause 3.1.1 of Schedule 3 (title)

Omit “telehealth and phone”, substitute “telehealth”.

  1.    Clause 3.1.10 of Schedule 3 (Group M18 table, heading)

Omit “health telehealth and phone”, substitute “Health telehealth”.

  1.    Clause 3.1.10 of Schedule 3 (Group M18 table, subgroup 1, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 3 (items 91166 and 91167, Column 2)

Omit “telehealth attendance”, substitute “video attendance”.

  1.    Schedule 3 (items 91168 and 91171, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth attendance”, substitute “Video attendance”.

  1.    Clause 3.1.10 of Schedule 3 (Group M18 table, subgroup 2, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 3 (items 91169 and 91170, Column 2)

Omit “telehealth attendance”, substitute “video attendance”.

  1.    Schedule 3 (items 91174 and 91177, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 3.1.10 of Schedule 3 (Group M18 table, subgroup 3, heading)

Omit “therapist focussed psychological strategies telehealth”, substitute “Therapist focussed psychological strategies video”.

  1.    Schedule 3 (items 91172 and 91173, Column 2)

Omit “telehealth attendance”, substitute “video attendance”.

  1.    Schedule 3 (items 91194 and 91195, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 3.1.10 of Schedule 3 (Group M18 table, subgroup 4, heading)

Omit “Social worker focussed psychological strategies telehealth”, substitute “Social Worker focussed psychological strategies video”.

  1.    Schedule 3 (items 91175 and 91176, Column 2)

Omit “telehealth attendance”, substitute “video attendance”.

  1.    Schedule 3 (items 91196 and 91197, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 3.1.10 of Schedule 3 (Group M18 table, subgroup 11, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 3 (item 93000, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth attendance”, substitute “Video attendance”.

  1.    Clause 3.1.10 of Schedule 3 (Group M18 table, subgroup 13, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 3 (item 93026, Column 2)

Omit “telehealth attendance”, substitute “video attendance”.

  1.    Clause 3.1.10 of Schedule 3 (Group M18 table, subgroup 15, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 3 (items 93032, 93033, 93035, 93036, Column 2)

Omit “telehealth attendance”, substitute “video attendance”.

  1.    Clause 3.1.10 of Schedule 3 (Group M18 table, subgroup 17, heading)

Omit “Telehealth attendance”, substitute “Video attendance”.

  1.    Schedule 3 (item 93048, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 3.1.10 of Schedule 3 (Group M18 table, subgroup 19, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 3 (item 93074, Column 2)

Omit “telehealth attendance”, substitute “video attendance”.

  1.    Clause 3.1.10 of Schedule 3 (Group M18 table, subgroup 20, heading)

Omit “services”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 3 (items 93076, 93079, 93084, 93087, 93092, 93095, 93100 and 93103, Column 2)

Omit “telehealth attendance”, substitute “video attendance”.

  1.    Clause 3.1.10 of Schedule 3 (Group M18 table, subgroup 25, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 3 (items 93284 and 93285, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Division 4.1 of Schedule 4 (title)

Omit “telehealth and phone services”, substitute “telehealth services”.

  1.    Clause 4.1.1 of Schedule 4 (Group M18 table, subgroup 5, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 4 (items 91192, 91179 and 91180, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Clause 4.1.1 of Schedule 4 (Group M18 table, subgroup 23, heading)

Omit “telehealth and phone”, substitute “telehealth”.

  1.    Division 4.2 of Schedule 4 (Group M19 table, heading)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.    Division 4.2 of Schedule 4 (Group M19 table, subgroup 1, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.    Schedule 4 (item 93200, Column 2)

Omit “telehealth attendance”, substitute “video attendance”.

  1.            Schedule 4 (item 93201, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.            Division 4.2 of Schedule 4 (title)

Omit “telehealth and phone”, substitute “telehealth”.

  1.            Clause 4.3.1 of Schedule 4 (Group O1 table, subgroup 1, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.            Schedule 4 (items 54001 and 54002, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.            Division 4A.1 of Schedule 4A (title)

Omit “services”, substitute “telehealth services”.

  1.            Subclause 4A.1.1(1)

Omit.

  1.            Subclause 4A.1.1(2)

Omit.

  1.            Schedule 4A (item 11342, Column 2)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video attendance”.

  1.            Schedule 4A (item 11345, Column 2)

Omit “phone”, substitute “phone attendance”.

  1.            Schedule 4A (item 82302, Column 2)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video attendance”.

  1.            Schedule 4A (item 82304, Column 2)

Omit “phone”, substitute “phone attendance”.

  1.            Schedule 5 (title)

Omit “telehealth and phone”, substitute “telehealth”.

  1.            Division 5.1 of Schedule 5 (title)

Omit “telehealth and phone”, substitute “telehealth”.

  1.            Clause 5.1.1 of Schedule 5 (Group A40 table, heading)

Omit “Telehealth and phone attendance”, substitute “Telehealth”.

  1.            Clause 5.1.1 of Schedule 5 (Group A40 table, subgroup 39, heading)

Omit “Telehealth Services”, substitute “Video Services”.

  1.            Schedule 5 (items 92715, 92716, 92717, 92718, 92719, 92720, 92721, 92722, 92723, 92724, 92725 and 92726, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth”, substitute “Video”.

  1.            Schedule 6 (title)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video services”.

  1.            Division 6.1 of Schedule 6 (title)

Omit “telehealth services”, substitute “video services”.

  1.            Clause 6.1.1 of Schedule 6 (heading)

Omit “telehealth service”, substitute “video services”.

  1.            Clause 6.1.1 of Schedule 6 (Group A40 table, heading)

Omit “Telehealth and phone”, substitute “Telehealth”.

  1.            Clause 5.1.1 of Schedule 6 (Group A40 table, subgroup 6, heading)

Omit “telehealth”, substitute “video”.

  1.            Schedule 6 (items 92478, 92479, 92480, 92481, 92482 and 92483, Column 2)

Omit “Telehealth attendance”, substitute “Video attendance”.


1  Schedule 6 (items 92478, 92479, 92480, 92481 and 92482, Column 2)

Omit “which item”, substitute “which this item or item”.