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Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2006

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Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2006

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 .

19 June 2006

W. J. E. COX

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

LARA GIDDINGS

Minister for Health and Human Services

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2006 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on 1 July 2006.

3.   Principal Regulations

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

4.    Regulation 9 substituted

Regulation 9 of the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following regulation is substituted:

9.   Fees not payable by certain asylum seekers

(1)  A medicare ineligible asylum seeker is prescribed as a person by whom a fee prescribed by these regulations is not payable for any facility or service provided by or on behalf of the State.
(2)  For the purpose of this regulation –
medicare ineligible asylum seeker means a person who –
(a) has applied for a protection visa under the Migration Act 1958 of the Commonweath and whose application has not been withdrawn or otherwise finally determined in accordance with that Act; and
(b) is not entitled to medicare benefits under the Health Insurance Act 1973 of the Commonwealth; and
(c) is not entitled to a pension, benefit or allowance under the Social Security Act 1991 of the Commonwealth; and
(d) is not permitted under the conditions of the person's visa granted under the Migration Act 1958 of the Commonwealth to engage in work in Australia;
protection visa means a permanent or temporary visa included in a class of visas under Part 4 of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations 1994 of the Commonwealth.

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

Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting Part 1 and substituting the following Part:
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 –

  
 

the first 14 days

$325

$489

 

each subsequent day

$226

$384

 

(b) a surgical/obstetric patient –

  
 

the first 14 days

$301

$469

 

each subsequent day

$226

$384

 

(c) a psychiatric patient –

  
 

the first 42 days

$301

$469

 

the next 23 days

$262

$420

 

each subsequent day

$226

$384

 

(d) a rehabilitation patient –

  
 

the first 49 days

$301

$469

 

the next 16 days

$262

$420

 

each subsequent day

$226

$384

 

(e) a same-day patient –

  
 

Band 1: Gastro-intestinal endoscopy, certain minor surgical items and non-surgical procedures that do not normally require an anaesthetic

$188

.....

 

Band 2: Procedures (other than Band 1) carried out under local anaesthetic, no sedation, if actual time in theatre is less than one hour

$225

.....

 

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

$261

.....

 

Band 4: Procedures carried out under general or regional anaesthesia or intravenous sedation, if actual time in theatre is one hour or more

$301

.....

 

(f) any other patient –

  
 

the first 14 days

$262

$420

 

each subsequent day

$226

$384

2. 

In respect of an in-patient who is a compensable patient

$725

.....

3. 

In respect of a patient whose injury or disease is one for which the Defence Forces of the Commonwealth accept responsibility

$314

.....

4. 

In respect of a non-resident of Australia who is an ineligible person

$725

.....

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)

(b) by omitting "$72" from column 3 of item 1 in Part 2 and substituting "$74";
(c) by omitting "$72" from column 3 of item 2 in Part 2 and substituting "$74".

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

Notified in the Gazette on 28 June 2006

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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Health (Fees) Regulations 1997 by –
(a) providing that the fees prescribed by those regulations are not payable by certain asylum seekers; and
(b) increasing the fees payable for non-nursing home care in public hospitals.