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hospital treatment at the hospital for a period that includes part of an overnight stay.

Schedule 2 ‑ Overnight shared ward accommodation for private patients at public hospitals in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia

1. Circumstances

     For rules 4 and 5 of Part 2 of these Rules, the circumstances specified for hospital treatment to which this Schedule applies are that the treatment is provided:
            (a) to a patient who is not a nursing‑home type patient; and
            (b) as shared ward accommodation at a public hospital in the ACT, NSW, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia or Western Australia; and
            Note: The definition of hospital treatment in section 121‑5 of the Act includes that the treatment is provided either at the hospital or provided or arranged with the direct involvement of a hospital.  This Schedule sets out benefit requirements only for treatment provided at the relevant hospital ― see paragraph 121‑5(1)(c) of the Act.
            (c) for the purpose of permitting the provision to the patient of hospital treatment that is:
                (i) a Type A procedure; and
                (ii) for a period that includes part of an overnight stay.

                Note: A Type A procedure is defined to include a certified Type B procedure and a certified overnight Type C procedure―see the definitions of those terms in rule 3 of Part 1 of these Rules.

2. Minimum benefit
The minimum benefit for hospital treatment provided in the circumstances described in this Schedule is the amount set out in the table in this Schedule for that hospital treatment.

Table 1‑Overnight shared ward accommodation for private patients at public hospitals in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia
Column 1                                                                                                                                                                                                          Column 2
State/Territory                                                                                                                                                                                                   Minimum benefit payable per night
Australian Capital Territory                                                                                                                                                                                      $436
New South Wales                                                                                                                                                                                                   $436
Northern Territory                                                                                                                                                                                                $436
Queensland                                                                                                                                                                                                        $447
South Australia                                                                                                                                                                                                   $436
Western Australia                                                                                                                                                                                                 $436

Schedule 3―Same‑day accommodation:  hospitals in all States/Territories

Part 1 General

1. Circumstances

     For rules 4 and 5 of Part 2 of these Rules, the circumstances specified for hospital treatment to which this Schedule applies are that the treatment is provided for the purpose of permitting the provision to the patient of hospital treatment that:
            (a) is a Type B procedure; and
            (b) is provided to a patient at a hospital; and
            (c) does not include part of an overnight stay at a hospital.

           Note 1: A Type B procedure includes a certified Type C procedure―see the definitions of those terms in rule 3 of Part 1 of these Rules.

           Note 2: The definition of hospital treatment in section 121‑5 of the Act includes that the treatment is provided either at the hospital