4.—(1) Where moneys are withdrawn from one or more medisave accounts under regulation 3 for the payment of any medical treatment or psychiatric treatment (including any specified out-patient treatment), or approved rehabilitation treatment, the total amount withdrawn for the payment of the treatment shall be subject to the limits prescribed in regulation 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9AA, 9A, 9B, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13A, 14, 14A, 14B, 14C, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 or 21D, as applicable.(2) Subject to paragraph (1), where the withdrawal is made from the medisave accounts of —| (a) | a deceased member; and | | (b) | the spouse, a parent, a child, a grandchild or a sibling of the deceased member, or any other person related to the deceased member and whom the Minister for Health has approved for the purposes of regulation 3, |
| the whole or part of the amount standing to the credit of the deceased member in the medisave account shall be withdrawn first for payment of the deceased member’s last medical bill before the moneys standing to the credit of the person referred to in sub-paragraph (b) in the medisave account are used to pay the balance of the deceased member’s last medical bill. |
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| (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where moneys are withdrawn from a deceased member’s medisave account under regulation 3 for the payment of his last medical bill, the limits prescribed in regulations 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9AA, 16 and 20 shall not apply. |
| (4) Notwithstanding the limits on the withdrawal of moneys from medisave accounts prescribed in this Part, the Minister for Health, or such person as he may appoint, may, in a particular case, approve the withdrawal of the whole or part of either or both of the amount standing to the credit of a deceased member in the medisave account and the amount standing to the credit of any person referred to in paragraph (2)(b) in that person’s medisave account, the total withdrawal being in excess of the prescribed limits for the payment of the charges incurred in respect of any medical treatment or psychiatric treatment (including any specified out-patient treatment), or approved rehabilitation treatment received by the member in an approved medical institution or approved renal dialysis premises (if applicable) before his death, subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister for Health, or such person as he may appoint, may impose. [S 855/2020 wef 01/10/2020] [S 157/2021 wef 15/03/2021] |
| (5) For the avoidance of doubt, in relation to the payment of a deceased member’s last medical bill, any further limits on the withdrawal of moneys from the deceased member’s medisave account that may be specified by the member before his death shall be disregarded. |
| (6) Notwithstanding the limits on the withdrawal of moneys from medisave accounts prescribed in this Part, the Minister for Health or such person as he may appoint may, in a particular case, approve the withdrawal of the whole or part of the amount standing to the credit of the member in the medisave account in excess of the prescribed limits for the payment of the charges incurred in respect of any medical treatment or psychiatric treatment (including any specified out-patient treatment), or approved rehabilitation treatment received by the member, the member’s dependant or a person deemed under regulation 24(2) to be the member’s dependant, subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister for Health or such person as he may appoint may impose. [S 855/2020 wef 01/10/2020] |
[S 855/2020 wef 01/10/2020] |