119Medical, &c., expenses payable if non-imminently fatal disease

119 Medical, &c., expenses payable if non-imminently fatal disease

[Section 119 Substituted by No. 12 of 2024, s. 6, Applied:05 Sep 2024]

(1)  The reasonable expenses necessarily incurred by, or in respect of, a compensable person are payable by the Commissioner if –

(a) the person's application for compensation has been determined under section 70(1)(a) ; and

(b) the Commissioner has not yet made a determination under this Act that the person has an imminently fatal asbestos-related disease; and

(c) the reasonable expenses were incurred –

(i) for medical services provided to the person, whether before or after the application was made; and

(ii) for other compensable services provided to the person after the application was made; and

(iii) for support services provided to a relevant family member of the person; and

(d) those services were required by the person, or relevant family member, as a result of the person having an asbestos-related disease.

(2)  In addition to the expenses payable under subsection (1) , the Commissioner may pay up to 15 expenses units for the reasonable expenses necessarily incurred by a compensable person for medical services if –

(a) the person's application for compensation has been determined under section 70(1)(a) ; and

(b) the medical services were required as a result of the person –

(i) having an asbestos-related disease; or

(ii) making an application under this Act; and

(c) the medical services were provided to the person before the person's application for compensation was determined under section 70(1)(a) .

(3)  In this section, a reference to a number of expenses units is a reference to the amount obtained by multiplying the basic salary by that number.