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Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011
Schedule 2 ‑ Overnight shared ward accomSchedule 2 ‑ Overnight shared ward accommodation for private patients at public hospitals in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia
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# Schedule 2 ‑ Overnight shared ward accommodation for private patients at public hospitals in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia
### 1. Circumstances
For rules 4 and 5 of Part 2 of these Rules, the circumstances specified for hospital treatment to which this Schedule applies are that the treatment is provided:
(a) to a patient who is not a nursing‑home type patient; and
(b) as shared ward accommodation at a public hospital in the ACT, NSW, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia or Western Australia; and
Note: The definition of hospital treatment in section 121‑5 of the Act includes that the treatment is provided either at the hospital or provided or arranged with the direct involvement of a hospital. This Schedule sets out benefit requirements only for treatment provided at the relevant hospital ― see paragraph 121‑5(1)(c) of the Act.
(c) for the purpose of permitting the provision to the patient of hospital treatment that is:
(i) a Type A procedure; and
(ii) for a period that includes part of an overnight stay.
Note: A Type A procedure is defined to include a certified Type B procedure and a certified overnight Type C procedure―see the definitions of those terms in rule 3 of Part 1 of these Rules.
### 2. Minimum benefit
The minimum benefit for hospital treatment provided in the circumstances described in this Schedule is the amount set out in the table in this Schedule for that hospital treatment.
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:459pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:455pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Table 1</span><span>‑</span><span>Overnight shared ward accommodation for private patients at public hospitals in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:223.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:227.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>Column 2</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:223.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>State/Territory</span></p></td><td style="width:227.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>Minimum benefit payable per night</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:223.8pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>Australian Capital Territory</span></p></td><td style="width:227.2pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>$446</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:223.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>New South Wales</span></p></td><td style="width:227.2pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>$446</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:223.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>Northern Territory</span></p></td><td style="width:227.2pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>$446</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:223.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>Queensland</span></p></td><td style="width:227.2pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>$458</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:223.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>South Australia</span></p></td><td style="width:227.2pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>$446</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:223.8pt; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>Western Australia</span></p></td><td style="width:227.2pt; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>$446</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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