Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2024

Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2024

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 .

20 June 2024

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

GUY BARNETT

Minister for Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2024 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on 1 July 2024.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Health (Fees) Regulations 2017 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Schedule 1 amended (Fees payable by non-nursing-home-type patients)

Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting items 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 from Part 1 and substituting the following:

1.	For a patient other than a public patient who is an eligible person and who is –
	(a) an advanced surgical patient –
	(i) the first 14 days	$527	$792
	(ii) each subsequent day	$367	$620
	(b) a surgical/obstetric patient –
	(i) the first 14 days	$489	$761
	(ii) each subsequent day	$367	$620
	(c) a psychiatric patient –
	(i) the first 42 days	$489	$761
	(ii) the next 23 days	$425	$680
	(iii) each subsequent day	$367	$620
	(d) a rehabilitation patient –
	(i) the first 49 days	$489	$761
	(ii) the next 16 days	$425	$680
	(iii) each subsequent day	$367	$620
	(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	$307	-
	Band 2: Procedures (other than Band 1) carried out under local anaesthetic, no sedation, if actual time in theatre is less than one hour	$366	-
	Band 3: Procedures (other than Band 1) carried out under general or regional anaesthetic or intravenous sedation, if actual time in theatre is less than one hour	$422	-
	Band 4: Procedures carried out under general or regional anaesthetic or intravenous sedation, if actual time in theatre is one hour or more	$489	-
	(f) any other patient –
	(i) the first 14 days	$425	$680
	(ii) each subsequent day	$367	$620
2.	For an admitted patient who is a compensable patient	$1 170	-
3.	For a person whose injury or disease is one for which the Defence Forces of the Commonwealth accept responsibility	$509	-
4.	For an ineligible person who is a non-resident of Australia and who is –
	(a) a same-day patient	$2 530
	(b) an overnight patient	$2 980
	(c) a Coronary Care Unit patient	$5 374
	(d) an Intensive Care Unit patient	$7 735
	(e) a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit patient	$7 735	-
	(f) a High Dependency Unit patient	$4 437
	(g) a Neonatal Special Care Nursery patient	$4 437	-
	(h) a sub-acute care patient	$1 755
	(i) a non-acute (maintenance) care patient	$1 270	-

(b) by omitting items 1 , 2 and 3 from Part 2 and substituting the following:

1.	For a non-admitted patient who is a compensable patient	$118 (per service)
2.	For a non-admitted patient who is –
	(a) an ineligible person and a non-resident of Australia	$383 (per service)
	(b) an ineligible person, and a non-resident of Australia, who attends an emergency department	$668 (per service)
3.	For a person whose injury or disease is one for which the Defence Forces of the Commonwealth accept responsibility	$118 (per service)

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

Notified in the Gazette on 26 June 2024

These regulations are administered in the Department of Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Health (Fees) Regulations 2017 by increasing certain fees that may be charged in respect of non-nursing-home-type patients for certain hospital services.