20.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Part (other than regulation 4), where a member or his dependant has received any psychiatric treatment as an in-patient from an approved medical practitioner in an approved hospital, the amount that may be withdrawn by the member from his medisave account for the payment of such treatment for himself or his dependant shall not exceed the relevant sum per day and shall also not exceed the relevant sum per year.
[S 855/2020 wef 01/10/2020]
[S 131/2021 wef 01/03/2021]
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the relevant sum per year is —
(a)
$3,500 if the member or dependant was admitted to the approved hospital before 1st January 2007; and
(b)
$5,000 if the member or dependant was admitted to the approved hospital on or after 1st January 2007.
[S 131/2021 wef 01/03/2021]
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the relevant sum per day is —
(a)
if the member or his dependant was admitted to an approved hospital before 1 March 2021, or is admitted to a designated hospital on or after 1 March 2021 — $150; and
(b)
if the member or his dependant is admitted to an approved hospital (not being a designated hospital) on or after 1 March 2021 —
(i)
for each of the first 2 days of hospitalisation during each admission — $550; and
(ii)
for each of the third and subsequent days of hospitalisation during each admission — $150.
[S 131/2021 wef 01/03/2021]
(4) In paragraph (3), “designated hospital” means an approved hospital designated by the Minister charged with the responsibility for health.