AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEALTH

HEALTH COMMISSION (CHARGES) REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 11 of 1981

	The Minister of State for Health has made regulations under the Health Commission Ordinance 1975 which amend the Health Commission (Charges) Regulations.

	The amending Regulations provide that a compensable or non-eligible person will not be able, having elected to receive medical treatment exclusively from persons employed by or acting at the request of the Commission, to receive those services at the level of $25/day but rather at the level of the scheduled fee for each professional service so provided.

	The amending Regulations provide in addition that some profoundly intellectually handicapped persons who have been moved from accommodation in health services hostels conducted by the Commission to Ward 10A of Woden Valley Hospital will continue to be charged at the rates applying to the hostels.

	Further, the amending Regulations correct minor anomalies of a drafting nature in regulations 2 and 6C.