No. S 286
MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015
(ACT 4 OF 2015)
MediShield Life Scheme
(Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2019
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations are the MediShield Life Scheme (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2019 and are deemed to have come into operation on 1 April 2019.
Amendment of regulation 2
2.  Regulation 2(1) of the MediShield Life Scheme Regulations 2015 (G.N. No. S 622/2015) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the words “an in‑patient” in the definition of “cross insurance period claim”, the words “(other than a day treatment patient)”;
(b)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “day surgical treatment”, the following definition:
“ “day treatment patient” means a patient who —
(a)receives any approved medical treatment or service specified in the Eleventh Schedule in an approved medical institution; but
(b)is not required to be hospitalised for the purpose of receiving that treatment or service;”; and
(c)by deleting the definition of “in-patient” and substituting the following definition:
“ “in-patient” means —
(a)a patient who —
(i)is hospitalised, for any treatment other than day surgical treatment, for a period of not less than 8 hours; or
(ii)has died within 8 hours after being hospitalised for any treatment other than day surgical treatment; or
(b)a day treatment patient;”.
Amendment of Fifth Schedule
3.  The Fifth Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the Schedule heading and substituting the following Schedule heading:
Part 1
PRO-RATION FACTORS FOR ADMISSION AS
IN-PATIENT (OTHER THAN day treatment PATIENT)
OR FOR DAY SURGICAL TREATMENT
(With admission date on or after 1 November 2015)”; and
(b)by inserting, immediately after the table, the following table:
Part 2
PRO-RATION FACTORS FOR
TREATMENT AS day treatment PATIENT
(With admission date on or after 1 April 2019)
Subsidy status
Pro-ration factor for:
Singapore citizen
Singapore permanent resident
Person who is not citizen or permanent resident of Singapore
Subsidised
1
0.67
Not applicable
Non-subsidised
0.5
0.5
0.5
”.
Amendment of Sixth Schedule
4.  The Sixth Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after item 12, the following item:
 
“13.Autologous bone marrow transplant for the treatment of multiple myeloma, received as day treatment patient, with admission date on or after 1 April 2019
 
$6,000
per treatment”.
Amendment of Seventh Schedule
5.  The Seventh Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the Schedule heading and substituting the following Schedule heading:
Part 1
INSURED’S CONTRIBUTION
(For admission as in-patient (other than day treatment
patient), or for day surgical treatment, on or after
1 November 2015)”; and
(b)by inserting, immediately after item 3 of Part 1, the following Part:
Part 2
INSURED’S CONTRIBUTION
(For treatment as day treatment patient, on or after 1 April 2019)
 
 
Amount (in any
insurance period)
1.Where the approved medical treatment or service specified in the Eleventh Schedule is subsidised —
 
 
(a)in the case where the insured person is below 81 years of age at the person’s next birthday falling after the first day of the insurance period in respect of which the claim is made
 
$1,500
(b)in the case where the insured person is 81 years of age or older at the person’s next birthday falling after the first day of the insurance period in respect of which the claim is made
 
$2,000
2.Where the approved medical treatment or service specified in the Eleventh Schedule is not subsidised —
 
 
(a)in the case where the insured person is below 81 years of age at the person’s next birthday falling after the first day of the insurance period in respect of which the claim is made
 
$2,000
(b)in the case where the insured person is 81 years of age or older at the person’s next birthday falling after the first day of the insurance period in respect of which the claim is made
 
$3,000
”.
New Eleventh Schedule
6.  The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after the Tenth Schedule, the following Schedule:
ELEVENTH SCHEDULE
Regulation 2(1)
APPROVED MEDICAL TREATMENT or service
FOR day treatment PATIENT
1.  Autologous bone marrow transplant for the treatment of multiple myeloma.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 300/2018; S 465/2018; S 731/2018; S 190/2019]
Made on 3 April 2019.
CHAN HENG KEE
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.
[MH 96:27/12; AG/LEGIS/SL/176A/2015/2 Vol. 9]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 34(4) of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015).