Central Provident Fund (MediShield Scheme) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2005

No. S 888

Central Provident Fund Act

(Chapter 36)

Central Provident Fund (Medishield Scheme) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2005

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. 3) Regulations 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2006.

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 deleting paragraph (d) of the definition of “insured out-patient medical treatment” and substituting the following paragraph:

“(d)	administration of immunosuppressants for organ transplant;”.

Amendment of regulation 3

3. Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “80 years” in paragraphs (1) (a) and (2) and substituting in each case the words “85 years”.

Amendment of regulation 6

4. Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “1st December 2001” in paragraph (2)(a) and substituting the words “1st January 2006”;

(b)

by deleting the words “75 years” in paragraph (2)(b) and substituting the words “80 years”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (4), the following paragraphs:

“(4A) Every person —

(a)	who was insured under the Scheme in this Division, or in Division 3 in force immediately before 1st October 2005; and
(b)	whose insurance cover had expired on the ground that he had attained the age of 80 years on or after 1st December 2001 but before 1st January 2006,

may apply to the Board to be issued with a new cover under the Scheme in this Division.

(4B) The Board may approve any application under paragraph (4A) subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may impose.”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the words “paragraph (4)” in paragraph (5), the words “or (4A)”.

Amendment of regulation 8

5. Regulation 8 (1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “Part I or II” in sub-paragraph (a) and substituting the words “Part I, II or III”.

Amendment of regulation 9

6. Regulation 9 (1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “(2) or (4)” in sub-paragraph (b) and substituting the words “(2), (4) or (4A)”.

Amendment of regulation 10

7. Regulation 10 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (2)(a);

(b)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(c)	in the case of a person insured pursuant to regulation 6 (4A), any previous claim made under his expired insurance cover under the Scheme in this Division, or in Division 3 in force immediately before 1st October 2005 since the date of commencement of the insurance cover.”; and

(c)

by deleting the words “Part I, II or III” in paragraph (13) and substituting the words “Part I, II, III or IV”.

Amendment of regulation 21

8. Regulation 21 (1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “Part I or II” and substituting the words “Part I, II or III”.

Amendment of First Schedule

9. Item (1) in the First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by inserting, immediately after the words “regulation 6 (4)” in paragraph (c)(ii), the words “or (4A)”; and
(b)	by inserting, immediately after the word “Scheme” in paragraph (c)(ii), the words “(except where otherwise allowed by the Board)”.

Amendment of Second Schedule

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

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “on or after 1st July 2005” in the heading of Part II, the words “but before 1st January 2006”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after Part II, the following Part:

“Part III

Table Showing the Amount of Annual Premium Payable under the Scheme

(For MediShield policies with policy year
commencing on or after 1st January 2006)

Premium Per Annum

Age Next Birthday Age Group (Years)

MediShield

Up to 30

$30

31 – 40

$40

41 – 50

$80

51 – 60

$160

61 – 65

$225

66 – 70

$265

71 – 73

$335

74 – 75

$375

76 – 78

$420

79 – 80

$510

81 – 83

$600

84 – 85

$705.

”.

Amendment of Third Schedule

11. The Third Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “MEDISHIELD: APPLICABLE FOR ADMISSIONS AS IN-PATIENT OR FOR OUT-PATIENT TREATMENTS ON OR AFTER 1ST JULY 2005” in the heading of Part III, the words “BUT BEFORE 1ST JANUARY 2006”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after Part III, the following Part:

“Part IV

Assured Amounts

(Medishield: Applicable for Admissions As In-patient or for Out-patient Treatments on or After 1ST January 2006)

MediShield

1. Daily ward and treatment charges (inclusive of meal charges, prescription and professional charges, investigations and other miscellaneous charges, unless listed under any other item)

$250 per day

2. Daily ward and treatment charges in Intensive Care Unit (inclusive of meal charges, prescription and professional charges, investigations and other miscellaneous charges, unless listed under any other item)

$500 per day

3. Surgical Treatment listed in the Tables of Surgical Operations for Medisave Scheme issued by the Ministry of Health

Table 1

$150

Table 2

$300

Table 3

$600

Table 4

$720

Table 5

$840

Table 6

$960

Table 7

$1,100

4. Renal Dialysis, received as
out-patient medical treatment

$1,000 per month

5. Surgical Implants and approved medical consumables

$2,500 per treatment

6. Treatment of neoplasms by chemotherapy

$700 per treatment cycle of 21 days or 28 days, or $150 per weekly cycle

7. Radiotherapy treatment

(a) External radiotherapy for cancer

$80 per treatment

(b) Superficial X-ray for cancer

$80 per treatment

$160 per treatment

(d) Brachytherapy (without external radiotherapy) for cancer

$160 per treatment

(e) Stereotactic radiotherapy for cancer

$1,000 per treatment for treatment courses starting on or after 1st November 1999

8. Immunosuppressants for organ transplant, received as
out-patient medical treatment

$200 per month

9. Erythropoietin drug for chronic renal failure or dialysis treatment, received as out-patient medical treatment

$200 per month

10. Gamma knife treatment

$4,800 per treatment.

”.

Amendment of Fifth Schedule

12. The Fifth Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “on or after 1st July 2005” in the sub-heading of Part II under the heading “PREMIUM REBATE UNDER DIVISION 2 SCHEME (THE MEDISHIELD SCHEME)”, the words “but before 1st January 2006”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after Part II under the heading “PREMIUM REBATE UNDER DIVISION 2 SCHEME (THE MEDISHIELD SCHEME)”, the following Part:

“Part III

(For policy year commencing on or after 1st January 2006)

Age from which person was insured under MediShield without break in insurance cover

(Age next birthday)

Premium Rebate at age 71 - 73 next birthday

Premium Rebate at age 74 - 75 next birthday

Premium Rebate at age 76 - 78 next birthday

Premium Rebate at age 79 - 80 next birthday

Premium Rebate at age 81 - 83 next birthday

Premium Rebate at age 84 - 85 next birthday

30 years and below

$134.00

$150.00

$168.00

$204.00

$240.00

$282.00

31 – 40

$100.50

$112.50

$126.00

$153.00

$180.00

$211.50

41 – 50

$ 67.00

$ 75.00

$ 84.00

$102.00

$120.00

$141.00

51 – 60

$ 33.50

$ 37.50

$ 42.00

$ 51.00

$ 60.00

$ 70.50

above 60 years

—

—.

”.

[G.N. Nos. S 630/2005; S 770/2005]

Made this 27th day of December 2005.

LEO YIP

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[MMS 10.1/82 V13; 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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