Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals — Medical Insurance Premiums) Regulations 2015

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as at 01 May 2025

No. S 626

Central Provident Fund Act

(CHAPTER 36)

Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account
Withdrawals — Medical Insurance Premiums)
Regulations 2015

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

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals — Medical Insurance Premiums) Regulations 2015 and come into operation on 1 November 2015.

Withdrawal by undischarged bankrupt

2.—(1) A member, who is an undischarged bankrupt, may withdraw money from his or her medisave account to pay premiums for medical insurance cover for the member or the member’s dependant under —

(a)	the MediShield Life Scheme, in accordance with the MediShield Life Scheme Regulations 2015 (G.N. No. S 622/2015); [S 857/2020 wef 01/10/2020]
(b)	a medisave‑approved plan, in accordance with the MediShield Life Scheme (Private Medical Insurance Scheme) Regulations 2015 (G.N. No. S 623/2015); [S 857/2020 wef 01/10/2020]
(c)	the CareShield Life Scheme, in accordance with the CareShield Life and Long-Term Care (CSHL Scheme) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 849/2020); [S 857/2020 wef 01/10/2020] [S 816/2021 wef 01/11/2021]
(ca)	the ElderShield Scheme, in accordance with the CareShield Life and Long-Term Care (ElderShield Scheme) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 810/2021); or [S 816/2021 wef 01/11/2021]
(d)	a supplementary disability insurance policy, in accordance with the CareShield Life and Long-Term Care (Supplement Scheme) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 850/2020). [S 857/2020 wef 01/10/2020] [S 816/2021 wef 01/11/2021]

(2) Any withdrawal under paragraph (1) is subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may impose.

(3) In this regulation —

“CareShield Life Scheme” means the severe disability insurance scheme called the CareShield Life Scheme established by section 5 of the CareShield Life and Long-Term Care Act 2019 (Act 26 of 2019);

[S 857/2020 wef 01/10/2020]

[Deleted by S 816/2021 wef 01/11/2021]

“ElderShield Scheme” means the severe disability insurance scheme called the ElderShield Scheme established by section 11(1)(b) of the CareShield Life and Long-Term Care Act 2019;

[S 816/2021 wef 01/11/2021]

“medisave‑approved plan” has the same meaning as in the MediShield Life Scheme (Private Medical Insurance Scheme) Regulations 2015;

“MediShield Life Scheme” means the medical insurance scheme called the MediShield Life Scheme, referred to in section 3 of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015 (Act 4 of 2015);

[S 816/2021 wef 01/11/2021]

“supplementary disability insurance policy” has the meaning given by the CareShield Life and Long-Term Care (Supplement Scheme) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 850/2020);

[S 816/2021 wef 01/11/2021]

Made on 28 October 2015.

LOH KHUM YEAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[MMS 10.1/82 V15; AG/LEGIS/SL/36/2015/26 Vol. 1]

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

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