Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025

Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025

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 .

23 June 2025

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

J PETRUSMA

Minister for Health

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on 1 July 2025.

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 by omitting Parts 1 and 2 and substituting the following Parts:

PART 1 - Admitted patients

Item	Service provided	Fee
		Shared ward (each day)	Single ward (each day)
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	$540	$811
	(ii) each subsequent day	$376	$635
	(b) a surgical/obstetric patient –
	(i) the first 14 days	$501	$779
	(ii) each subsequent day	$376	$635
	(c) a psychiatric patient –
	(i) the first 42 days	$501	$779
	(ii) the next 23 days	$435	$696
	(iii) each subsequent day	$376	$635
	(d) a rehabilitation patient –
	(i) the first 49 days	$501	$779
	(ii) the next 16 days	$435	$696
	(iii) each subsequent day	$376	$635
	(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	$314	-
	Band 2: Procedures (other than Band 1) carried out under local anaesthetic, no sedation, if actual time in theatre is less than one hour	$375	-
	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	$432	-
	Band 4: Procedures carried out under general or regional anaesthetic or intravenous sedation, if actual time in theatre is one hour or more	$501	-
	(f) any other patient –
	(i) the first 14 days	$435	$696
	(ii) each subsequent day	$376	$635
2.	For an admitted patient who is a compensable patient	$1 198	-
3.	For a person whose injury or disease is one for which the Defence Forces of the Commonwealth accept responsibility	$521	-
4.	For an ineligible person who is a non-resident of Australia and who is –
	(a) a same-day patient	$2 591
	(b) an overnight patient	$3 052
	(c) a Coronary Care Unit patient	$5 503
	(d) an Intensive Care Unit patient	$7 921
	(e) a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit patient	$7 921	-
	(f) a High Dependency Unit patient	$4 543
	(g) a Neonatal Special Care Nursery patient	$4 543	-
	(h) a sub-acute care patient	$1 797
	(i) a non-acute (maintenance) care patient	$1 300	-
5.	For a person receiving a medical service specified in the general medical services table	the fee specified in that table for that service (in addition to any fee payable under item 1, 2, 3 or 4 of this Part)
6.	For a person receiving a pathology service specified in the pathology services table	the fee specified in that table for that service (in addition to any fee payable under item 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of this Part)
7.	For a person receiving a diagnostic imaging service specified in the diagnostic imaging services table	the fee specified in that table for that service (in addition to any fee payable under item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of this Part)

PART 2 - Non-admitted patients

Item	Service provided	Fee
1.	For a non-admitted patient who is a compensable patient	$121 (per service)
2.	For a non-admitted patient who is –
	(a) an ineligible person and a non-resident of Australia	$392 (per service)
	(b) an ineligible person, and a non-resident of Australia, who attends an emergency department	$684 (per service)
3.	For a person whose injury or disease is one for which the Defence Forces of the Commonwealth accept responsibility	$121 (per service)
4.	For a person receiving a medical service specified in the general medical services table	the fee specified in that table for that service (in addition to any fee payable under item 1 of this Part)
5.	For a person receiving a pathology service specified in the pathology services table	the fee specified in that table for that service (in addition to any fee payable under item 1 or 3 of this Part)
6.	For a person receiving a diagnostic imaging service specified in the diagnostic imaging services table	the fee specified in that table for that service (in addition to any fee payable under item 1, 3 or 4 of this Part)
7.	For the provision of a non-consumable aid or appliance or orthotic services to –
	(a) a person who holds a valid Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card or Seniors Health Card	no fee
	(b) any other person	the cost of both providing the item and the service

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

Notified in the Gazette on 25 June 2025

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.