Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1985 No. 70, 1985 - SECT 16

16. Section 73BB of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following
        sub-section:



"(2) For the purposes of this section, where benefits have been paid, or are
payable, by a registered organization to a contributor, in accordance with a
basic table (whether or not modified by an election of the kind referred to in
the condition set out in paragraph (ba) of the Schedule), in respect of the
provision of treatment, a service or another matter on any day-

   (a)  if the matter was provided for 1 person only-that day counts as 1
        patient day of the contributor; or

   (b)  if such a matter was provided for 2 or more persons-that day counts,
        subject to sub-section (8), as a number of patient days of the person
        equal to the number of those persons.";

   (b)  by inserting in sub-section (4) "(whether or not modified by an
        election of the kind referred to in the condition set out in paragraph
        (ba) of
the Schedule)" after "basic table";

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (8) "hospital treatment being received
        by" and substituting "matters being provided for";

   (d)  by omitting from sub-section (8) "hospital treatment provided" and
        substituting "the matters provided"; and

   (e)  by inserting after sub-section (8) the following sub-section:



"(9) This section does not apply to benefits included in a class of benefits
prescribed for the purposes of this sub-section.".