No. S 289
Central Provident Fund Act
(Chapter 36)
Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2010
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 No. 3) Regulations 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st June 2010.
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 —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “approved day hospital”, the following definition:
“ “approved day rehabilitation centre” means any centre operating at or within a location other than an approved hospital, which provides approved treatment and is approved by the Minister for Health for the purposes of these Regulations;”;
(b)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (f) of the definition of “approved medical institution”, the following paragraph:
(fa)approved day rehabilitation centre;”;
(c)by deleting paragraph (k) of the definition of “approved medical institution”;
(d)by deleting the definition of “approved treatment” and substituting the following definition:
“ “approved treatment” means any out-patient rehabilitation treatment which is provided by an approved day rehabilitation centre and is approved by the Minister for Health for the purposes of these Regulations;”; and
(e)by deleting the words “a Senior Citizens Health Care Centre” in the definition of “medical treatment” and substituting the words “an approved day rehabilitation centre”.
Amendment of regulation 6
3.  Regulation 6(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (a) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:
(a)(i) in a case not involving any surgical operation —
(A)a sum of $150 per day, subject to a maximum of $3,500 per year, if he was admitted to the approved community hospital on or after 1st January 2002 but before 1st June 2010; or
(B)a sum of $250 per day, subject to a maximum of $5,000 per year, if he was admitted to the approved community hospital on or after 1st June 2010; or
(ii)in a case involving one or more surgical operations —
(A)a sum of $150 per day (if he was admitted to the approved community hospital on or after 1st January 2002 but before 1st June 2010) or $250 per day (if he was admitted to the approved community hospital on or after 1st June 2010) multiplied by the number of days he was hospitalised or the actual total hospital charges, whichever is the lower; and
(B)the amount of operation fees for a maximum of 3 surgical procedures, involving not more than 2 anatomical systems and not more than 2 procedures within each system, which shall not exceed the lower of the following cap amounts:
(BA)the amount as determined by the Minister for Health for such operation or operations; or
(BB)a total of $5,000 (if he was admitted to the approved community hospital before 1st June 2009) or $7,550 (if he was admitted to the approved community hospital on or after 1st June 2009); or”.
Deletion and substitution of regulation 10
4.  Regulation 10 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:
Approved day rehabilitation centres
10.  Notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, where a member or his dependant has received any approved treatment in any approved day rehabilitation centre, the amount that may be withdrawn by the member for the payment of such treatment, including the payment of attendance fees, shall not exceed —
(a)$20 per day, subject to a maximum of $1,500 per year, if he received such treatment before 1st June 2010;
(b)$25 per day, subject to a maximum of $1,500 per year, if he received such treatment on or after 1st June 2010; or
(c)the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account,
whichever is the lowest.”.
Amendment of regulation 24
5.  Regulation 24(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (c) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:
(c)any approved treatment in any approved day rehabilitation centre;”.
[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]

Made this 25th day of May 2010.

LOH KHUM YEAN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.
[MMS 10/82 V23; AG/LLRD/SL/36/2010/1 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act).