No. S 427
Central Provident Fund Act
(CHAPTER 36)
Central Provident Fund
(Medisave Account Withdrawals)
(Amendment) Regulations 2014
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(1)(j) of the Central Provident Fund Act, the Minister for Manpower, after consulting with the Central Provident Fund Board, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2014.
Amendment of regulation 2
2.  Regulation 2(1) of the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) Regulations (Rg 17) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “regulation 14(1)(a)” in the definition of “co‑payment percentage”, the words “and (b)”.
Deletion and substitution of regulation 14
3.  Regulation 14 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:
Approved chronic illness treatment
14.—(1)  Where a member or his dependant has received or will receive any approved chronic illness treatment as an out-patient from an approved medical practitioner in an approved CIT medical institution, the member may withdraw —
(a)in respect of any such treatment received (not as part of any approved treatment package) before 1st July 2014 or, if the treatment was received as part of an approved treatment package of which the first such treatment was received before 1st July 2014, in respect of the approved treatment package, an amount not exceeding the lower of —
(i)the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account; or
(ii)an amount ascertained in accordance with the following formula:
(A – B) x (100% – C),
where A
is the charge imposed by the approved CIT medical institution for such treatment or for the approved treatment package, as the case may be;
B
is the co-payment amount of $30; and
C
is the co-payment percentage of 15%; and
(b)in respect of any such treatment received (not as part of any approved treatment package) on or after 1st July 2014 or, if the treatment was received as part of an approved treatment package of which the first such treatment was received on or after 1st July 2014, in respect of the approved treatment package, an amount not exceeding the lower of —
(i)the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account; or
(ii)an amount ascertained in accordance with the following formula:
A x (100% – B),
where A
is the charge imposed by the approved CIT medical institution for such treatment or for the approved treatment package, as the case may be; and
B
is the co-payment percentage of 15%.
(2)  Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the amount that may be withdrawn by the member in respect of all such treatments that are received (not as part of any approved treatment package) in any calendar year, and all approved treatment packages of which the first such treatment is received in that calendar year, shall not exceed the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account as determined at the time of withdrawal.
(3)  If the charge imposed by the approved CIT medical institution for any such treatment or such approved treatment package, as the case may be, is not more than the applicable co-payment amount, no amount may be withdrawn by the member under paragraph (1)(a) in respect of that treatment or approved treatment package.
(4)  Any withdrawal by a member under this regulation shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister for Health may impose.”.
Amendment of regulation 14A
4.  Regulation 14A of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:
(1)  Where, on or after 1st November 2009, a member or his dependant has received or will receive any approved vaccination as an out-patient from an approved medical practitioner in an approved clinic, approved hospital, approved community hospital or approved CIT medical institution, the amount that may be withdrawn by the member in respect of all such vaccinations that are received (not as part of any approved treatment package) in any calendar year, and all approved treatment packages of which the first such vaccination is received in that calendar year, shall not exceed the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account as determined at the time of withdrawal.”.
Amendment of regulation 14B
5.  Regulation 14B of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:
(1)  Where, on or after 1st July 2011, a member or his dependant has received or will receive any approved screening as an out-patient from an approved medical practitioner in an approved clinic, approved hospital or approved clinical laboratory, the amount that may be withdrawn by the member in respect of all such screenings that are received (not as part of any approved treatment package) in any calendar year, and all approved treatment packages of which the first such screening is received in that calendar year, shall not exceed the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account as determined at the time of withdrawal.”.
Deletion and substitution of regulation 14C
6.  Regulation 14C of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:
Additional limit on withdrawal under regulations 14, 14A and 14B
14C.  The total amount which a member is entitled to withdraw under regulations 14, 14A and 14B in respect of all approved chronic illness treatments, approved vaccinations and approved screenings that are received by the member and his dependant (if any) in any calendar year, and all approved treatment packages of which the first approved chronic illness treatment, approved vaccination or approved screening (as the case may be) is received by the member and his dependant (if any) in that calendar year, shall not exceed —
(a)$300 for the years 2006 to 2011; and
(b)$400 for the year 2012 and any subsequent year.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 224/2007; S 527/2007; S 731/2007; S 149/2008; S 456/2008; S 682/2008; S 86/2009; S 239/2009; S 523/2009; S 659/2009; S 88/2010; S 118/2010; S 289/2010; S 548/2010; S 367/2011; S 725/2011; S 107/2013; S 482/2013; S 623/2013]
Made this 26th day of June 2014.
LOH KHUM YEAN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.
[MMS 10.1/82 V 14; AG/LLRD/SL/36/2010/1 Vol. 2]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act).