Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00124:clause:3_1:p275
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00124
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 1 (pt 275/476)
Character Range: 2571716–2579565

balance body or support position.
                                                                                                                                            5. Hands and knees crawling:
                                                                                                                                            (a) Child alternately moves forward or backwards on hands and knees;
                                                                                                                                            (b) The stomach does not touch the supporting surface;
                                                                                                                                            (c) There are continuous and consecutive movements at least 3 in a row.
                                                                                                                                            6. Standing with assistance:
                                                                                                                                            (a) Child stands in upright position on both feet, holding onto a stable object (e.g. furniture) with both hands and without leaning on object;
                                                                                                                                            (b)The body does not touch the stable object, and the legs support most of the body weight;
                                                                                                                                            (c) Child thus stands with assistance for at least 10 seconds.
                                                                                                                                            7. Standing alone:
                                                                                                                                            (a) Child stands in upright position on both feet (not on the toes) with the back straight;
                                                                                                                                            (b) The leg supports 100% of the child's weight;
                                                                                                                                            (c) There is no contact with a person or object;
                                                                                                                                            (d) Child stands alone for at least 10 seconds.
                                                                                                                                            8. Walking with assistance:
                                                                                                                                            (a) Child is in an upright position with the back straight;
                                                                                                                                            (b) Child makes sideways or forced steps by holding onto a stable object (e.g. furniture) with 1 or both hands;
                                                                                                                                            (c) One leg moves forward while the other supports part of the body weight;
                                                                                                                                            (d) Child takes at least 5 steps in this manner.
                                                                                                                                            9. Walking alone:
                                                                                                                                            (a) Child takes at least 5 steps independently in upright position with the back straight;
                                                                                                                                            (b) One leg moves forward while the other supports most of the body weight;
                                                                                                                                            (c) There is no contact with a person or object.
                                                                                                                                            Confirm which developmental state has regressed by: (i) stating the overall developmental state (1 ‑ 9) the patient was in at the time of gene therapy, or, the best developmental state achieved since gene therapy, and (ii) stating the patient's current overall developmental state (i.e. a number that is lower than stated in (i).
                                                                                                                                            Where the patient has neither regressed from a developmental state nor reached the next developmental state, PBS‑subsidy of this benefit is not available.
                                                                       C13222                                                               Symptomatic type IIIB/IIIC spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Compliance with Written Authority Required procedures
                                                                                                                                            Initial PBS‑subsidised treatment in a child
                                                                                                                                            The condition must have genetic confirmation of 5q homozygous deletion of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene; OR
                                                                                                                                            The condition must have genetic confirmation of deletion of one copy of the SMN1 gene in addition to a pathogenic/likely pathogenic variant in the remaining single copy of the SMN1 gene; AND
                                                                                                                                            Patient must not be receiving invasive permanent assisted ventilation in the absence of a potentially reversible cause while being treated with this drug.
                                                                                                                                            Patient must be of an age that is prior to their 19thbirthday at the time of this authority application; AND
                                                                                                                                            Patient must have SMA type III where the onset of signs/symptoms