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5C  Extension of this Act and the Health Insurance Act 1973 in relation to outreach services

 (1) In this Act and the Health Insurance Act 1973 (other than an excluded provision):
 (a) a reference to hospital treatment includes a reference to the provision of an outreach service; and
 (b) a reference to hospital treatment provided in, at or by a hospital or a day hospital facility includes a reference to an outreach service provided by, or on behalf of, a hospital or a day hospital facility; and
 (c) a reference to a patient receiving treatment in or at a hospital or a day hospital facility includes a reference to a patient receiving an outreach service provided by, or on behalf of, a hospital or a day hospital facility.

 (2) In this section:

excluded provision means any of the following provisions:
 (a) subsection 5B(3) of the Health Insurance Act 1973;
 (b) section 67 of this Act;
 (c) Division 5A of Part VI of this Act.