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AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGED CARE

HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973

Health Insurance (Medicare Benefits Payable in Respect of Screening Services rendered at Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services) Direction (No. 2) 2024

I, Nigel Murray, Assistant Secretary, MBS Policy and Specialist Programs Branch, Medicare Benefits and Digital Health Division, Health Resourcing Group, delegate for the Minister for Health and Aged Care, acting under subsection 19(5) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act) hereby:

    (1)     REVOKE the Direction made in respect of pathology services that arise from health screening programs provided by Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services titled the Health Insurance (Medicare Benefits Payable in Respect of Screening Services rendered at Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services) Direction 2024, dated 24 January 2024; and

    (2)     DIRECT that Medicare benefits shall be payable in respect of a pathology service to which an item of the pathology services table prescribed under section 4A of the Act relates in the following circumstances:

     (a)     The pathology service is provided or requested by a person employed or engaged by an organisation listed in Schedule A of this Direction; and

     (b)     The service is requested or provided as part of a health screening program for the detection and management of sexually transmissible infections, diabetes, renal or cardiovascular disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities; and

DECLARE that this Direction commences on 29 June 2024 and ceases to have effect at the end of 30 June 2032 unless earlier revoked.

Date this 17 day of June 2024.

Nigel Murray
Assistant Secretary
MBS Policy and Specialist Programs Branch
Medicare Benefits and Digital Health Division
Health Resourcing Group
Department of Health and Aged Care

SCHEDULE A

Approved ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY CONTROLLED HEALTH SERVICE LOCATIONS

Australian Capital Territory
State  Practice Name                                                     Legal Entity Name                                                 Street Address

ACT    Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health and Community Services Ltd  Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health and Community Services Ltd  63 Boolimba Crescent, Narrabundah ACT 2604

NEW SOUTH WALES
State  Practice Name                                                                       Legal Entity Name                                                         Street Address

NSW    Aboriginal Medical Service Co-Operative Limited                                     Aboriginal Medical Service Co-Operative Limited                           36 Turner Street, Redfern NSW 2016

NSW    Albury Wodonga Aboriginal Health Service Ltd                                        Albury Wodonga Aboriginal Health Service Ltd                              664 Daniel Street, Glenroy NSW 2640

NSW    Armajun Health Service Aboriginal Corporation                                       Armajun Health Service Aboriginal Corporation                             1 Rivers Street, Inverell NSW 2360

NSW    Awabakal Ltd                                                                        Awabakal Ltd                                                              64 Hannell Street, Wickham NSW 2293

NSW    Biripi Aboriginal Corporation Medical Centre                                        Biripi Aboriginal Corporation Medical Centre                              2a Edwards Drive, Purfleet New South Wales 2430

NSW    Bourke Aboriginal Corporation Health Services                                       Bourke Aboriginal Corporation Health Services                             61 Oxley Street Bourke NSW 2840

NSW    Bulgarr Ngaru Medical Aboriginal Corporation                                        Bulgarr Ngaru Medical Aboriginal Corporation                              131-133 Bacon Street, Grafton NSW 2460

NSW    Bullinah Aboriginal