Commonwealth legislation

Health Insurance Act 1973 - Determination of patient contribution under subsection 3(1) (HIB 16/2008) (NT)

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This legal instrument sets the daily out-of-pocket fee that patients must pay when admitted to recognised hospitals in the Northern Territory.

Under the Health Insurance Act, patients receiving hospital treatment are required to pay a "patient contribution" (essentially a co-payment or gap fee) for each day they stay in hospital, even when Medicare or private insurance covers the main costs.

This determination:

Revokes all previous daily fee amounts for Northern Territory hospitals
Sets the new amount at $40.80 per day for admissions to recognised hospitals in the NT
Applied from 20 September 2008

The amount is set by a delegate of the Health Minister under powers specifically designed to update these fees administratively without needing new legislation passed by Parliament.

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Health Insurance Act 1973 - Determination of patient contribution under subsection 3(1) (HIB 16/2008) (NT)

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973

Determination made under subsection 3(1)

(HIB 16/2008)

I, Peter Callanan, delegate of the Minister for Health and Ageing, pursuant to the powers under paragraph (c) of the definition of 'patient contribution' in subsection 3(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act):

(1) REVOKE all previous determinations made under paragraph (c) of the definition of ‘patient contribution’ in subsection 3(1) of the Act in respect of recognised hospitals in the Northern Territory.

(2) DETERMINE for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of ‘patient contribution’ in subsection 3(1) of the Act, that the amount of patient contribution is $40.80 per day in respect of recognised hospitals in the Northern Territory.

(3) This determination takes effect on 20 September 2008.

Dated this 18th day of September 2008.

Peter Callanan

Hospitals Section

Private Health Insurance Branch

Position No: 1206124

Delegate of the Minister for Health and Ageing

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