Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Medi Shield Life Scheme (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

In the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015 (called in this Act the principal Act), in section 2 —

(a)

in subsection (1), replace the definition of “approved medical institution” with —“ “approved medical institution” means a medical institution that is approved under section 3A;”;

(b)

in subsection (1), in the definition of “authorised person”, in paragraph (b), replace “in order to assess the eligibility of any person insured or to be insured under the Scheme for any grant, subsidy or benefit under a relevant public scheme” with “for a purpose mentioned in section 28(1A)”;

(c)

in subsection (1), after the definition of “Central Provident Fund”, insert —“ “claimable medical treatment or services”, in relation to an approved medical institution, means any approved medical treatment or services —

(a)

in respect of which the approved medical institution is approved under section 3A; and

(b)

that is provided in accordance with the conditions mentioned in section 3A;”;

(d)

in subsection (1), after the definition of “IRAS”, insert —“ “licensable healthcare service” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020;”;

(e)

in subsection (1), after the definition of “means information”, insert —“ “medical institution” means a provider of a licensable healthcare service that is licensed under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 to provide that licensable healthcare service;”; and

(f)

replace subsection (4) with —“(4) For the purposes of this Act, the following apply for the purposes of reckoning the age of an individual:

(a)

an individual is taken to have attained a particular age expressed in years on the relevant anniversary of the individual’s birth;

(b)

a reference to the anniversary of the birth of an individual in paragraph (a) is a reference to the day on which the anniversary occurs;

(c)

where an individual was born on 29 February in any year, then in any subsequent year that is not a leap year, the anniversary of that individual’s birth is taken to be 1 March in that subsequent year;

(d)

if the day on which an individual was born cannot be ascertained but the month of the individual’s birth can be ascertained, the individual is taken to be born on the first day of the month in which the individual was born;

(e)

if the month in which an individual was born cannot be ascertained, the individual is taken to be born in January.”.

Clause 2 — Medi Shield Life Scheme (Amendment) Bill