54Bulk billing arrangements for hospital, ambulance and other expenses

#### 54 Bulk billing arrangements for hospital, ambulance and other expenses 54 Bulk billing arrangements for hospital, ambulance and other expenses (cf s 39B (4) MAA) > > (1) Bulk billing arrangements may be entered into by the Authority with respect to— > > > > > (a) the payment of expenses incurred in connection with the treatment of injured persons at hospitals, or > > > > > (b) the payment of expenses incurred in conveying injured persons by ambulance, or > > > > > (c) the payment of other treatment expenses incurred by injured persons. > > > (2) A bulk billing arrangement is an arrangement made with the Minister for Health, service providers or others acting on their behalf for the payment by the Authority of any such expenses of injured persons at the rate provided by the arrangement. > > > (2A) A bulk billing arrangement may provide for the payments due by the Authority under the arrangement to be paid by means of lump sum payments to cover the payments due in respect of expenses incurred during a specified period. > > > (3) For the purposes of this section, the treatment or conveyance of injured persons includes the treatment or conveyance of persons classified as injured persons in accordance with a bulk billing arrangement. > > > (4) Despite section 3A (1), a bulk billing arrangement may extend to expenses of an injured person even if the motor accident concerned was caused wholly or partly by the fault of the injured person. > > **s 54:** Am 2006 No 17, Sch 1 \[19\]–\[21\]; 2009 No 26, Sch 1 \[8\].