Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2002

Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2002

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Health Act 1997 .

5 July 2002

G. S. M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

JUDY JACKSON

Minister for Health and Human Services

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2002 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Health (Fees) Regulations 1997 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)

Regulation 3(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of compensable patient and substituting the following definition:

compensable patient means an in-patient or an out-patient who is receiving care or treatment for an injury, illness or disease, for which he or she –

(a) has received or established his or her right to receive payment for care and treatment by way of compensation or damages, including payment in settlement of a claim for compensation or damages, under a law that is or was in force in a State or Territory including –

(i) the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 ; or

(ii) the Motor Accidents (Liabilities and Compensation) Act 1973 ; or

(b) on attendance at a hospital, appears may have the right to receive a payment referred to in paragraph (a) ;

5.    Schedule 1 amended (Fees payable for non-nursing home care in public hospitals)

Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting Parts 1 and 2 and substituting:

PART 1 - In-patients

Item	Accommodation or service provided	Fee
		Shared ward (each day)	Single ward (each day)
1.	In respect of a private patient who is –
	(a) an advanced surgical patient –
	(i) the first 14 days	$293	$440
	(ii) each subsequent day	$203	$345
	(b) a surgical/obstetric patient –
	(i) the first 14 days	$270	$421
	(ii) each subsequent day	$203	$345
	(c) a psychiatric patient –
	(i) the first 42 days	$270	$421
	(ii) the next 23 days	$235	$377
	(iii) each subsequent day	$203	$345
	(d) a rehabilitation patient –
	(i) the first 49 days	$270	$421
	(ii) the next 16 days	$235	$377
	(iii) each subsequent day	$203	$345
	(e) a same-day patient –
	(i) Band 1: Gastro-intestinal endoscopy, certain minor surgical items and non-surgical procedures that do not normally require an anaesthetic	$169	.....
	(ii) Band 2: Procedures (other than Band 1) carried out under local anaesthetic, no sedation, if actual time in theatre is less than one hour	$202	.....
	(iii) Band 3: Procedures (other than Band 1) carried out under general or regional anaesthesia or intravenous sedation, if actual time in theatre is less than one hour	$234	.....
	(iv) Band 4: Procedures carried out under general or regional anaesthesia or intravenous sedation, if actual time in theatre is one hour or more	$270	.....
	(f) any other patient –
	(i) the first 14 days	$235	$377
	(ii) each subsequent day	$203	$345
2.	In respect of an in-patient who is a compensable patient	$655	.....
3.	In respect of a patient whose injury or disease is one for which the Defence Forces of the Commonwealth accept responsibility	$284	.....
4.	In respect of a non-resident of Australia who is an ineligible person	$655	.....
5.	In respect of a diagnostic imaging service rendered to a patient specified in Group 12 in Category 5 of the general medical services table	the Schedule fee  (in addition to any fee payable under items 1, 2, 3 or 4 of this Part)

PART 2 - Out-patients

Item	Service provided	Fee
1.	In respect of an out-patient who is a compensable patient	$67 (each service)
2.	In respect of a patient whose injury or disease is one for which the Defence Forces of the Commonwealth accept responsibility	$67 (each service)
3.	In respect of a medical service rendered to a patient specified in any of the following categories of the general medical services table:
	(a) Sub-group 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 or 11 of Groups D1 and D2 in Category 2	the Schedule fee (in addition to any fee payable under item 1 of this Part)
	(b) Group T2 in Category 3	the Schedule fee (in addition to any fee payable under item 1 of this Part)
	(c) Sub-group 1 of Group 11 and Groups 12, 13 and 15 in Category 5	the Schedule fee (in addition to any fee payable under item 1 of this Part)
	(d) Category 6	the Schedule fee (in addition to any fee payable under item 1 of this Part)
4.	The supply of a pharmaceutical item in respect of –
	(a) a patient who holds a valid Health Care Card, Health Benefits Card or Pharmaceutical Benefits Concession Card	$3.60 (each item)
	(b) a patient who holds a valid Pensioner Health Benefits Card and to whom or in respect of whom a benefit or allowance is paid under the Social Security Act 1991 of the Commonwealth	$3.60 (each item)
	(c) a patient who holds a valid Yellow Card, White Card, Lilac Card or Red Card	$3.60 (each item)
	(d) any other patient	a maximum of $15.40 (each item)
5.	The provision of a wrist support, elbow support, neck collar (soft or reinforced), Philadelphian collar, knee support (pull-on type), torn-ligament support (jointed or unjointed), post-operative knee immobiliser, hinged knee cap, ankle support, abdominal support or similar non-consumable aid or appliance in respect of –
	(a) a patient who holds a valid Health Care Card or Pensioner Health Benefits Card	no fee
	(b) any other patient	optional fee (the cost of providing the aid or appliance)

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 17 July 2002

These regulations are administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations substitute a new definition for compensable patient and increase certain fees payable for non-nursing home care in public hospitals.