PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES ACT 1998
CHAPTER 4
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PROVISIONS APPLYING BOTH TO INCENTIVE PAYMENTS SCHEME AND TO PREMIUMS REDUCTION SCHEME
PART 7
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GENERAL
Division 19
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Miscellaneous
SECTION 19-3
19-3
USE OF INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER PERSONS COVERED BY PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICARE BENEFITS
In determining for the purposes of this Act whether a person covered by a * private health insurance policy is an eligible person within the meaning of section 3 of the Health Insurance Act 1973 , or is treated as such a person because of section 6 or 7 of that Act, the Medicare Australia CEO may use any information that he or she has obtained under that Act in determining whether the person was eligible to receive medicare benefits.
In determining for the purposes of this Act whether a person covered by a * private health insurance policy is an eligible person within the meaning of section 3 of the Health Insurance Act 1973 , or is treated as such a person because of section 6 or 7 of that Act, the Medicare Australia CEO may use any information that he or she has obtained under that Act in determining whether the person was eligible to receive medicare benefits.
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