Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

No. S 149

Central Provident Fund Act

(Chapter 36)

Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

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.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall, with the exception of regulation 4, come into operation on 1st April 2008.

(2) Regulation 4 shall come into operation on 1st July 2008.

Amendment of regulation 3

2. Regulation 3(3) of the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) Regulations (Rg 17) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (i) of sub-paragraph (a) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(i) has received any medical, psychiatric or approved treatment in any approved medical institution;”.

Amendment of regulation 13

3. Regulation 13 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5)” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “this regulation”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (5), the following paragraphs:

“(6) Where a member or his dependant has undergone any cancer scan or diagnostic test as an outpatient in an approved medical institution, the amount that may be withdrawn by the member for the payment of such cancer scan or diagnostic test shall not exceed such sum as is specified in the third column of the First Schedule in relation to that approved medical treatment.

(7) In paragraph (6), “cancer scan or diagnostic test” means any scan or diagnostic test performed ––

(a)	for the purpose of investigating any known neoplasms in the patient; or
(b)	in relation to any medical treatment of malignant or benign neoplasms received by the patient,

and includes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerised tomography (CT) scans, positron emission tomography (PET) scans, ultrasound imaging, x-rays, mammograms and blood tests.”.

Amendment of regulation 19

4. Regulation 19(2) of the principal Regulations is amended ––

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “approved consumables” in sub-paragraph (b), the words “and any fees for outpatient training to administer the dialysis”; and

(b)

by deleting sub-paragraph (e) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(e)

the total expenditure for —

(i)	the renal dialysis treatment; or
(ii)	payment of the purchase of any approved consumables and any fees for outpatient training to administer dialysis; or”.

Amendment of First Schedule

5. The First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “ Operative date” in the heading of the second column, the words “for treatment or services received”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after item 10, the following item:

“

11. Cancer scan or diagnostic test

With effect from 1st April 2008

$600 per year per patient or the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account, whichever is the lower.

”.

Amendment of Second Schedule

6. The Second Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “ Operative date” in the heading of the second column, the words “for treatment received”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after item 4, the following items:

“

5. Treatment relating to asthma —

With effect from 1st April 2008

(a) Per treatment basis

Withdrawals are subject to the following co-payment requirements:

(i) co-payment amount of $30; and

(ii) co-payment percentage of 15%.

(b) Per treatment package basis

Withdrawals are subject to the following co-payment requirements:

(i) co-payment amount of $30; and

(ii) co-payment percentage of 15%.

6. Treatment relating to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease —

With effect from 1st April 2008

(a) Per treatment basis

Withdrawals are subject to the following co-payment requirements:

(i) co-payment amount of $30; and

(ii) co-payment percentage of 15%.

(b) Per treatment package basis

Withdrawals are subject to the following co-payment requirements:

(i) co-payment amount of $30; and

(ii) co-payment percentage of 15%.

”.

[G.N. Nos. S 224/2007; S 527/2007; S 731/2007]

Made this 27th day of March 2008.

LEO YIP

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[MMS 10/82 V22; AG/LEG/SL/36/2005/18 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act).

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