Risk Equalisation (Amendment) Scheme, 2003
Statutory Instrument No. | 710/2003 |
Date | 19 December 2003 |
I, Micheál Martin, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 12 of the Health Insurance Act, 1994 (No. 16 of 1994) as amended and substituted by sections 9 , 10 and 13 of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2001 (No. 17 of 2001) and section 5 of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2003 (No. 11 of 2003), hereby make and prescribe the following Scheme- 1. This Scheme may be cited as the Risk Equalisation (Amendment) Scheme, 2003. 2. The Risk Equalisation Scheme, 2003 is hereby amended - | ||||||
in Article 3, | ||||||
(i) by the substitution for the definition of “hospital stay” of- | ||||||
“‘hospital stay’ means an in-patient stay or a day-patient day or any attendance at a hospital during the provision of services described in paragraph 1(a) of the First Schedule while the insured person was maintained in accommodation other than private hospital accommodation;”, and | ||||||
(ii) by the substitution for the definition of “period” of- | ||||||
“‘period’, as it relates to returns or calculations, means two consecutive quarters ending on the 30th day of June and on the 31st day of December in any given year;”. | ||||||
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EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||||||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation). | ||||||
This scheme amends the definitions of “hospital stay” and “period” in Article 3 of the Risk Equalisation Scheme, 2003. |
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