1Private Health Insurance (Health Benefits Fund Policy) Rules 2025

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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

 

Private Health Insurance (Health Benefits Fund Policy) Rules 2025

I, Paul McBride, delegate of the Minister for Health and Ageing, make the following rules.

Dated, 30 July 2025 

 

 

Paul McBride 

Assistant Secretary  Private Health Strategy Branch  Health Systems Strategy Division   Strategy and First Nations Group  Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

 

 

 

 

Contents

Part 1  Preliminary............................................1

1  Name...................................................1

2  Commencement............................................1

3  Authority................................................1

4  Definitions...............................................1

5  Schedules................................................1

Part 2  Meaning of health-related business..............................2

6  Overseas treatment...........................................2

7  Agency business............................................2

Part 3  Risk equalisation jurisdictions.................................3

8  Areas that are risk equalisation jurisdictions............................3

Part 4  Operation of health-related businesses through health benefits funds..........3

9  Insurance for overseas students or specified temporary visa holders..............3

Schedule 1—Repeals 5

Private Health Insurance (Health Benefits Fund Policy) Rules 2015 5

 

Part 1  Preliminary

1  Name

This instrument is the Private Health Insurance (Health Benefits Fund Policy) Rules 2025.

2  Commencement

1.     Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

• Commencement information
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