Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2022

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Sep 2022

No. S 770

Central Provident Fund Act 1953

Central Provident Fund
(Medisave Account Withdrawals)
(Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(1)(j) of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953, the Minister for Manpower, after consulting with the Central Provident Fund Board, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2022 and come into operation on 1 October 2022.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. In regulation 2 of the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) Regulations (Rg 17) —

(a)

in paragraph (1), after the definition of “approved in‑patient palliative care service provider” or “approved IPC provider”, insert —

“ “Approved Indications for PBT” means Approved Indications for Use of Proton Beam Therapy in Treatment published on the website of the Ministry of Health at https://www.moh.gov.sg;”;

(b)

in paragraph (1), replace the definition of “medical treatment” with —

“ “medical treatment” includes —

(a)	any approved vaccination, First Schedule treatment, radiosurgery treatment, renal dialysis treatment or surgical treatment;
(b)	any treatment for any mental illness or personality disorder classified by the Minister charged with the responsibility for health as a medical condition;
(c)	where any treatment or vaccination mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) has been received by a person as an in‑patient of any approved medical institution that is not an approved day rehabilitation centre — the maintenance of that person in the approved medical institution; and
(d)	any curative material or device, medicine or investigation of a medical condition;”;

(c)

in paragraph (1), replace the definition of “radiosurgery treatment” with —

“ “radiosurgery treatment” means the treatment of neurosurgical or neurological disorders using any of the following:

(a)

gamma knife technology;

(b)

linear accelerator technology;

(c)

proton beam therapy for a Category 4 clinical indication listed in the Approved Indications for PBT;

(d)

externally generated ionising radiation delivered using —

(i)	a rigidly attached stereotactic guiding device or other immobilisation technology; or
(ii)	a stereotactic image‑guidance system,

but excludes stereotactic radiotherapy;”; and

(d)

after paragraph (3), insert —

“(4) In this Part, in relation to admissions before 1 October 2022, “radiosurgery treatment” means the gamma knife treatment or the Novalis shaped beam treatment of neurosurgical or neurological disorders.”.

Amendment of First Schedule

3. In the First Schedule to the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) Regulations —

(a)

in item 1, after paragraph (f), insert —

“(g)	Proton beam therapy for a Category 1 clinical indication listed in the Approved Indications for PBT

For course of treatment beginning on or after 1 October 2022

$80 per treatment or the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account, whichever is the lower.

(h)	Proton beam therapy for a Category 2 clinical indication listed in the Approved Indications for PBT

For course of treatment beginning on or after 1 October 2022

$360 per treatment or the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account, whichever is the lower.

(i)	Proton beam therapy for a Category 3 clinical indication listed in the Approved Indications for PBT

For course of treatment beginning on or after 1 October 2022

$2,800 per treatment or the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account, whichever is the lower.

”; and

(b)

delete item 5.

[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; S 289/2010; S 548/2010; S 367/2011; S 725/2011; S 107/2013; S 482/2013; S 623/2013; S 427/2014; S 872/2014; S 177/2015; S 625/2015; S 377/2016; S 530/2016; S 723/2016; S 340/2017; S 789/2017; S 145/2018; S 341/2018; S 730/2018; S 787/2018; S 397/2019; S 200/2020; S 389/2020; S 855/2020; S 899/2020; S 1089/2020; S 131/2021; S 157/2021; S 315/2021; S 3/2022; S 285/2022; S 716/2022]

Made on 28 September 2022.

NG CHEE KHERN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[Plg&Pol/CPFPol/Legis/CPFSL/2022; AG/LEGIS/SL/36/2020/3 Vol. 5]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953).

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