Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2022

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Section 8

Definition 1. In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Health Insurance Act 1994 .

Duration of entrustment act 2. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 6A: “6B.(1) The entrustment act shall endure until the relevant date whereupon it shall cease to be in force.

Amendment of section 11C of Principal Act 3. Section 11C of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (1)(b), by the substitution of “1 April 2023” for “1 April 2022”.

Amendment of section 18E of Principal Act 4. Section 18E of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): “(1) Where, in the opinion of the Authority, it is necessary to do so for the purposes referred to in section 18F(1)(a), the Authority may appoint, in writing— (a) any of its officers or employees, or (b) consultants or advisers engaged under section 23 who, in the opinion of the Authority, have qualifications and experience suitable to satisfactorily exercise the powers conferred upon authorised officers by or under this Act, to be authorised officers to exercise the powers conferred upon authorised officers by or under this Act.”, (b) in subsection (2), by the insertion of “together with a form of personal identification” after “to that person”, (c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3): “(3) A person’s appointment under subsection (1) as an authorised officer shall cease upon— (a) the revocation by the Authority of the appointment, (b) if the appointment was for a fixed period, the expiration of that period, or (c) if the person’s appointment was in his or her capacity as an officer or employee of the Authority, or as a consultant or adviser engaged under section 23, his or her ceasing, for whatever reason, to be such officer or employee, or such consultant or adviser, as the case may be, whichever first occurs.”, and (d) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (3): “(4) Whenever requested to do so by the Authority, an authorised officer shall, as soon as is practicable after being so requested, give to the Authority a report on the exercise by the officer of all or any of the powers conferred upon authorised officers by or under this Act.

Amendment of section 18F of Principal Act 5. Section 18F of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): “(1) (a) The powers conferred by this section may be exercised in respect of any person to whom this section applies for the purposes of— (i) securing the enforcement of the provisions of this Act (including any regulations made under this Act), or (ii) enabling or assisting the Minister or the Authority to perform any of their respective functions under this Act. (b) Subject to subsection (6), the following are persons to whom this section applies (whether they are within or outside the State): (i) a registered undertaking; (ii) a former registered undertaking; (iii) a person who has applied for registration in the Register; (iv) a person whom the Authority or an authorised officer reasonably believes is or has been acting as, or claiming or holding itself out to be, a registered undertaking; (v) a person who is or has been, or whom the Authority or an authorised officer reasonably believes is or has been, without being registered in the Register, effecting, or offering to effect, health insurance contracts in respect of which the person is required to be a registered undertaking; (vi) a related undertaking of any of the persons referred to in any of subparagraphs (i) to (v); (vii) a person whom the Authority or an authorised officer reasonably believes may possess or have control of information about a health insurance contract; (viii) any other person whom the Authority or an authorised officer reasonably believes may possess information about a person referred to in any of subparagraphs (i) to (vii); (ix) a person who is, in relation to a person referred to in any of subparagraphs (i) to (viii), a person specified in paragraph (c); (x) a person who is or has been an officer or employee or agent of a person referred to in any of subparagraphs (i) to (ix) or is, in relation to a person who is or has been such an officer, employee or agent, a person specified in paragraph (c). (c) The persons referred to in subsection (1)(b)(ix) and (x) are— (i) an administrator within the meaning of section 1

Amendment of Schedule 4 to Principal Act 6. Schedule 4 to the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following Table for Table 2: “Table 2 Amounts applicable on or after 1 April 2023 Class of Insured Person Amount of premium to be paid from Fund Male aged 50 years and over but less than 55 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (non-advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be Nil Male aged 50 years and over but less than 55 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be Nil Female aged 50 years and over but less than 55 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (non-advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be Nil Female aged 50 years and over but less than 55 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be Nil Male aged 55 years and over but less than 60 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (non-advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be Nil Male aged 55 years and over but less than 60 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be Nil Female aged 55 years and over but less than 60 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (non-advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be Nil Female aged 55 years and over but less than 60 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be Nil Male aged 60 years and over but less than 65 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (non-advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be Nil Male aged 60 years and over but less than 65 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be Nil Female aged 60 years and over but less than 65 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (non-advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be Nil Female aged 60 years and over but less than 65 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be Nil Male aged 65 years and over but less than 70 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (non-advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be

€350 Male aged 65 years and over but less than 70 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €950 Female aged 65 years and over but less than 70 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (non-advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €200 Female aged 65 years and over but less than 70 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €525 Male aged 70 years and over but less than 75 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (non-advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €525 Male aged 70 years and over but less than 75 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €1,550 Female aged 70 years and over but less than 75 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (non-advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €400 Female aged 70 years and over but less than 75 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €1,075 Male aged 75 years and over but less than 80 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (non-advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €775 Male aged 75 years and over but less than 80 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €2,300 Female aged 75 years and over but less than 80 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (non-advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €575 Female aged 75 years and over but less than 80 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €1,650 Male aged 80 years and over but less than 85 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (non-advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €900 Male aged 80 years and over but less than 85 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €2,725 Female aged 80 years and over but less than 85 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (non-advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be

€625 Female aged 80 years and over but less than 85 years on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €1,950 Male aged 85 years and over on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (non-advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €1,000 Male aged 85 years and over on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €3,000 Female aged 85 years and over on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (non-advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €700 Female aged 85 years and over on the date the relevant contract (being a relevant contract (advanced cover)) is renewed or entered into, as the case may be €2,050 ”.

Amendment of section 125A of Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 7. Section 125A of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 is amended by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “specified rate”: “‘specified rate’ means— (a) in respect of relevant contracts renewed or entered into on or after 1 January 2023 and on or before 31 March 2023— (i) €41 in respect of an insured person aged less than 18 years insured under a relevant contract which provides for non‑advanced cover, (ii) €135 in respect of an insured person aged less than 18 years insured under a relevant contract which provides for advanced cover, (iii) €122 in respect of an insured person aged 18 years or over insured under a relevant contract which provides for non‑advanced cover, and (iv) €406 in respect of an insured person aged 18 years or over insured under a relevant contract which provides for advanced cover, and (b) in respect of relevant contracts renewed or entered into on or after 1 April 2023— (i) €36 in respect of an insured person aged less than 18 years insured under a relevant contract which provides for non‑advanced cover, (ii) €146 in respect of an insured person aged less than 18 years insured under a relevant contract which provides for advanced cover, (iii) €109 in respect of an insured person aged 18 years or over insured under a relevant contract which provides for non‑advanced cover, and (iv) €438 in respect of an insured person aged 18 years or over insured under a relevant contract which provides for advanced cover.”.

Short title, commencement, collective citation and construction 8. (1) This Act may be cited as the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2022.

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