IE
S.I. No. 612/2014 - Health Insurance Act 1994 (Minimum Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Insurance Act 1994 (Minimum Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January 2015.
2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the
Health Insurance Act 1994
(Minimum Benefit) Regulations 1996 (
S.I. No. 83 of 1996
).
3. Schedule A to the Principal Regulations is amended, in paragraph 1, by the substitution of the following sub-paragraph for sub-paragraph (2)
“
2
Prescribed health services which are in-patient services provided by a publicly-funded hospital.
The amount of the charge payable under
Section 55
of the
Health Act 1970
.
”.
4. Schedule A to the Principal Regulations is amended, in paragraph 1, by the substitution of the following sub-paragraph for sub-paragraph (4)
“
4
Prescribed health services which are day-patient services provided by a publicly-funded hospital.
The amount of the charge payable under
Section 55
of the
Health Act 1970
.
”.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
23 December 2014.
LEO VARADKAR,
Minister for Health.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
These regulations clarify that the amount of the charge payable under
Section 55
of the
Health Act 1970
is payable in respect of services provided in a publicly funded hospital.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
6
th January
, 2015.
I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 (amended by
section 4
of the
Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2012
(No. 45 of 2012)) and section 10 (amended by
section 4
of the
Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2008
(No. 6 of 2008)) of the
Health Insurance Act 1994
(No. 16 of 1994), hereby make the following Regulations