MediShield Life Scheme (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2017

No. S 458

MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015

(ACT 4 OF 2015)

MediShield Life Scheme (Disclosure of
Information) Regulations 2017

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34(1) of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations are the MediShield Life Scheme (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2017 and come into operation on 30 November 2017.

Prescribed public schemes

2.  The prescribed public schemes for the purposes of Part 5 of the Act are all healthcare‑related public schemes.

Healthcare-related public schemes

3.  The healthcare‑related public schemes for the purposes of Part 5 of the Act are —

(a) all relevant public schemes; and

(b) all public schemes established by the Government or a public authority, and administered by the Ministry of Health, to provide any grant, subsidy or other benefit for the payment of any of the following:

(i) the premium for any healthcare or disability care insurance scheme;

(ii) expenses for domestic help and care for disabled or elderly persons, or for devices and consumables for use in the care of such persons;

(iii) expenses for step-down care as defined in section 2(1) of the Medical and Elderly Care Endowment Schemes Act (Cap. 173A);

(iv) other healthcare expenses.

Revocation

4.  The MediShield Life Scheme (Prescribed Public Scheme for Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2015 (G.N. No. S 526/2015) are revoked.

Made on 11 August 2017.

CHAN HENG KEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MH 96:27/12; AG/LEGIS/SL/176A/2015/7 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 34(4) of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015).