Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2006

No. S 569

Central Provident Fund Act

(Chapter 36)

Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2006

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. 4) Regulations 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2006.

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 centre”, the following definitions:

“ “approved chronic illness treatment” means any medical treatment in respect of any illness specified in the first column of the Second Schedule;

“approved CIT medical institution” means any centre, clinic, hospital or other premises which offers medical treatment and which the Minister for Health has approved for the purposes of approved chronic illness treatments under these Regulations;”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (a) of the definition of “approved medical institution”, the following paragraph:

“(aa)

approved CIT medical institution;”;

(c)

by deleting the words “the Schedule” in the definitions of “approved medical treatment”, “gamma knife treatment” and “radiotherapy treatment” and substituting in each case the words “the First Schedule”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “approved treatment”, the following definitions:

“ “co-payment amount”, in relation to a member or his dependent, means the amount which the member or his dependent (as the case may be) is responsible for paying in respect of any approved chronic illness treatment or treatment package, as specified in the third column of the Second Schedule;

“co-payment percentage”, in relation to a member or his dependent, means the percentage of the charge for any approved chronic illness treatment or treatment package which the member or his dependent (as the case may be) is responsible for paying, as specified in the third column of the Second Schedule;”; and

(e)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “treatment of neoplasms by chemotherapy” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:

“ “treatment package” means a course of approved chronic illness treatments that complies with such terms and conditions as the Minister for Health may impose.”.

Amendment of regulation 3A

3. Regulation 3A (1) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting “12A,” immediately after “12,”.

Amendment of regulation 12

4. Regulation 12 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by inserting, immediately after the words “and (6)” in paragraph (1), the words “and regulation 12A,”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “the Schedule” in paragraphs (2) and (3) and substituting in each case the words “the First Schedule”.

New regulation 12A

5. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 12, the following regulation:

“Approved chronic illness treatment

12A.—(1) Where a member or his dependant has received any approved chronic illness treatment as an out-patient from an approved medical practitioner in an approved CIT medical institution —

(a)

the amount that may be withdrawn by the member in respect of such treatment (whether as part of a treatment package or otherwise) shall not exceed the lower of —

(i)

the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account; or

(ii)

an amount ascertained in accordance with the formula

(A – B) x (100% – C),

where

is the charge imposed by the approved CIT medical institution for such treatment or for the treatment package, as the case may be;

is the applicable co-payment amount; and

is the applicable co-payment percentage; and

(b)

the amount that may be withdrawn by the member for the payment of all such treatments shall not exceed —

(i)	the sum of $300 per year; and
(ii)	the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the charge imposed by the approved CIT medical institution for any approved chronic illness treatment or treatment package, as the case may be, is less than or equal to the applicable co-payment amount, no amount may be withdrawn by the member under paragraph (1) for the payment of such treatment or treatment package.

(3) 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 21

6. Regulation 21 (1) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (d); and

(b)

by deleting the comma at the end of sub-paragraph (e) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(f)	any approved chronic illness treatment provided on an out-patient basis by an approved medical practitioner at an approved CIT medical institution,”.

Amendment of Schedule and new Second Schedule

7. The Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “THE SCHEDULE” in the heading and substituting the words “FIRST SCHEDULE”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following Schedule:

“SECOND SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

First column

Second column

Third column

Approved chronic illness treatment

Operative date

Prescribed co-payment requirements

Treatment relating to chronic diabetes

With effect from 1st October 2006

(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 887/2005; S 50/2006; S 192/2006; S 371/2006]

Made this 21st day of September 2006.

LEO YIP

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[MMS 10/82 V21; AG/LEG/SL/36/2005/18 Vol. 1]

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

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