Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Health Acts Amendment Act 1981 No. 118 of 1981 - SECT 8

8. Section 10 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section
substituted: Entitlement to Commonwealth medical benefit

''10. (1) Where, on or after 1 September 1981-

   (a)  medical expenses are incurred by a person who is a medically insured
        person in respect of a professional service rendered in Australia to
        that medically insured person or to another person who is a medically
        insured person by reason of being a dependant of that first-mentioned
        person;

   (b)  medical expenses are incurred by an eligible person who is an eligible
        pensioner in respect of a professional service rendered in Australia
        to that eligible pensioner or to a dependant of that eligible
        pensioner; or

   (c)  medical expenses are incurred by a person who is a disadvantaged
        person in respect of a professional service rendered in Australia to
        that disadvantaged person or to a dependant of that disadvantaged
        person, Commonwealth medical benefit calculated in accordance with
        sub-section (2) is payable, subject to and in accordance with this
        Act, in respect of that professional service.

''(2) A Commonwealth medical benefit under sub-section (1) in respect of a
professional service is an amount equal to-

   (a)  where a person who has incurred the medical expenses is an eligible
        pensioner or a disadvantaged person and the service is rendered to him
        or to his dependant-

        (i)    85% of the fee specified in respect of the service in the table
               in relation to the State in which the service is rendered; or

        (ii)   if the amount calculated under sub-paragraph (i) is less by
               more than $5 than the fee from which it is calculated-an amount
               that is less by $5 than that fee; or

   (b)  in any other case-30% of the fee specified in respect of the service
        in the table in relation to the State in which the service is
        rendered.

''(3) Where an amount calculated in accordance with sub-section (2) is not a
multiple of 5 cents, the amount of cents shall be increased to the nearest
higher amount that is a multiple of 5 cents.''.