{"id":"F2017L00957","name":"National Health (IVF Program) Special Arrangement Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 1) (PB 59 of 2017)","slug":"national-health-ivf-program-special-arrangement-amendment-instrument-2017-no-1-pb-59-of-2017","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":96848,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2017L00957-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health (IVF Program) Special Arrangement Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 1) (PB 59 of 2017)","content":"![](image.001.png)  \n\nPB 59 of 2017\n\nNational Health (IVF Program) Special Arrangement Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 1)\n\nNational Health Act 1953\n\nI, JULIANNE QUAINE, Assistant Secretary, Pharmaceutical Access Branch, Pharmaceutical Benefits Division, Department of Health, delegate of the Minister for Health and Minister for Sport, make this Instrument under subsection 100(2) of the National Health Act 1953.\n\nDated 25 JULY 2017\n\nJULIANNE QUAINE\n\nAssistant Secretary\n\nPharmaceutical Access Branch\n\nPharmaceutical Benefits Division\n\nDepartment of Health\n\n1 Name of Instrument\n\n(1) This Instrument is the National Health (IVF Program) Special Arrangement Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 1).\n\n(2) This Instrument may also be cited as PB 59 of 2017.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Instrument commences on 1 August 2017.\n\n3 Amendment of PB 60 of 2015\n\nSchedule 1 amends the National Health (IVF Program) Special Arrangement 2015 (PB 60 of 2015).\n\nSchedule 1 Amendments\n\n\\[1\\] Schedule 1, after the entry for the listed drug Chorionic Gonadotrophin in the form Injection set containing 3 ampoules powder for injection 1,500 units and 3 ampoules solvent 1 mL\n\ninsert:\n\nChorionic Gonadotrophin Injection set containing powder for injection 1,500 units, 3 and solvent 1 mL, 3 Injection Pregnyl C(100)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2175},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a routine technical amendment to add a specific pack size of an existing fertility medication to the IVF Program subsidy list. It does not alter the program’s eligibility criteria, patient access rules, or overall policy scope."},"complexity_factors":["Single line-item amendment inserting one pharmaceutical product entry into a schedule","No conditional logic, exceptions, or operational rules—purely a product listing update","Minimal cross-referencing (only cites the parent instrument PB 60 of 2015)","Straightforward administrative instrument with no interpretive ambiguity"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument adds Pregnyl (chorionic gonadotrophin) in a specific 3‑vial (three 1,500‑unit vials with solvent) pack to the list of taxpayer‑subsidised medicines under the IVF Program. It affects patients prescribed that pack and pharmacists/clinics dispensing it, and is a routine PBS administrative update that does not change eligibility or clinical criteria for IVF subsidies."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-ivf-program-special-arrangement-amendment-instrument-2017-no-1-pb-59-of-2017","history":"/api/acts/national-health-ivf-program-special-arrangement-amendment-instrument-2017-no-1-pb-59-of-2017/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-ivf-program-special-arrangement-amendment-instrument-2017-no-1-pb-59-of-2017/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-ivf-program-special-arrangement-amendment-instrument-2017-no-1-pb-59-of-2017/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-ivf-program-special-arrangement-amendment-instrument-2017-no-1-pb-59-of-2017/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-ivf-program-special-arrangement-amendment-instrument-2017-no-1-pb-59-of-2017/documents"}}