Central Provident Fund (MediShield Scheme) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 01 Oct 2007

No. S 526

Central Provident Fund Act

(Chapter 36)

Central Provident Fund (Medishield Scheme) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 57 of the Central Provident Fund Act, the Minister for Manpower hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (MediShield Scheme) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2007.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Central Provident Fund (MediShield Scheme) Regulations 2005 (G.N. No. S 427/2005) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by inserting, immediately after the definition of “member”, the following definition:

“ “organ procurement costs” means any costs arising in relation or incidental to the procurement of any organ from a non-living organ donor for organ transplant and includes the costs of —

(a)	the donor’s extended stay, before his death, in a hospital as necessitated by the donation of his organ;
(b)	any surgical operation to remove the organ from the donor’s body;
(c)	any pre-harvesting laboratory test and investigation;
(d)	any counselling provided to the donor’s family in connection with the donation of his organ;
(e)	the storage and transport of the organ; and
(f)	such other procedure as may be approved by the Minister for Health;”.

Amendment of regulation 10

3. Regulation 10 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (13), the following paragraph:

“(14) Subject to the claim limits provided in paragraphs (1), (2), (5), (8) and (10), where an insured person —

(a)	is admitted, on or after 1st October 2007, to an approved hospital as an in-patient for any medical treatment in connection with an organ transplant; or
(b)	receives, on or after 1st October 2007, any day surgical treatment in an approved hospital in connection with an organ transplant,

he shall be entitled to claim from the Board, as part of the charges incurred for such treatment, the amount of any organ procurement costs that he has incurred in connection with the organ transplant.”.

Amendment of regulation 20

4. Regulation 20 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (1), the following paragraph:

“(1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the charges incurred in respect of any medical treatment in an approved hospital received by an insured person who —

(a)	is admitted, on or after 1st October 2007, to the approved hospital as an in-patient for any medical treatment in connection with an organ transplant; or
(b)	receives, on or after 1st October 2007, any day surgical treatment in the approved hospital in connection with an organ transplant,

shall include the amount of any organ procurement costs that he has incurred in connection with the organ transplant.”.

Amendment of regulation 25

5. Regulation 25 (1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “for any medical treatment”.

[G. N. Nos. S 630/2005; S770/2005; S 888/2005; S 181/2007]

Made this 27th day of September 2007.

LEO YIP

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[MMS 10/82 V21; AG/LEG/SL/36/2005/3 Vol. 2]

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

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