Total limit on withdrawal under regulations 14, 14A and 14B
14C.—(1)  Subject to regulations 21C and 21D, the total amount which a member is entitled to withdraw under regulations 14, 14A and 14B in respect of all approved chronic illness treatments, approved vaccinations and approved screenings that are received by the member and his dependant (if any) in any calendar year before 2021, and all approved treatment packages of which the first approved chronic illness treatment, approved vaccination or approved screening (as the case may be) is received by the member and his dependant (if any) in that calendar year, shall not exceed —
(a)$300 for the years 2006 to 2011;
(b)$400 for the years 2012 to 2017; and
(c)$500 for the years 2018 to 2020.
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(2)  Subject to regulations 21C and 21D, the amount that a member is entitled to withdraw under regulations 14, 14A and 14B for each patient (who is the member or his dependant) in respect of —
(a)an approved chronic illness treatment, approved vaccination or approved screening received by the patient in the calendar year 2021 or later; and
(b)an approved treatment package, of which the first approved chronic illness treatment, approved vaccination or approved screening (as the case may be) is received by the patient in the calendar year 2021 or later,
must not exceed the applicable limit for that withdrawal under paragraph (3).
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(3)  The applicable limit for a withdrawal for a patient in respect of the approved chronic illness treatment, approved vaccination or approved screening under paragraph (2)(a), or the approved treatment package under paragraph (2)(b), is the amount computed in accordance with the formula A − B, where —
(a)A is the annual limit of the patient under paragraph (4) for the calendar year in which the patient received —
(i)that approved chronic illness treatment, approved vaccination or approved screening; or
(ii)the first approved chronic illness treatment, approved vaccination or approved screening (as the case may be) of that approved treatment package,
as the case may be; and
(b)B is the total amount of all earlier withdrawals (if any) from one or more medisave accounts for the patient in respect of —
(i)all other approved chronic illness treatments, approved vaccinations and approved screenings received by that patient in that calendar year; and
(ii)all other approved treatment packages, of which the first approved chronic illness treatment, approved vaccination or approved screening (as the case may be) is received by that patient in that calendar year.
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(4)  The annual limit of the patient mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) for a calendar year is —
(a)$700, if the patient suffers, at any time during that calendar year, from —
(i)any chronic illness, and any complication or other condition related to the chronic illness, designated by the Minister charged with the responsibility for health; or
(ii)2 or more kinds of chronic illnesses designated by the Minister charged with the responsibility for health; and
(b)$500, in any other case.
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