Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 6, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following:"(3) Schedule 3 to the Principal Act, as amended by subsection (1), only applies in the case of a health insurance contract entered into or renewed on or after 1 March 2014 (and, accordingly, that Schedule, as in force immediately before that date, shall continue to apply in the case of a health insurance contract entered into or renewed before that date).".

This is simply a technical amendment to insert the date at which the charges kick in. It specifies that the revised date for the hospital bed utilisation credit of €60 applies only to contracts renewed or entered into on or after 1 March 2014 and confirms that the specified date for the hospital bed utilisation credit for contracts entered into after 31 March 2013 remains at the higher rate of €75.

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