S.I. No. 598/2018 - Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (Payments in Respect of Certain Services under Section 62A of the Health Act 1970) Regulations 2018

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 8th January, 2019.

I, SIMON HARRIS, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 42 of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (No. 34 of 2017), being satisfied that subsection (6) of that section has been complied with; having complied with subsection (9) of that section; having had regard to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) to (e) of subsection (10) of that section; with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (Payments in Respect of Certain Services under Section 62A of the Health Act 1970) Regulations 2018.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 2019.

2. In these Regulations—

“Act of 1970” means the Health Act 1970 (No. 1 of 1970);

“Act of 2018” means the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 (No. 31 of 2018);

“service provider” means a service provider who has entered into an agreement with the Health Service Executive for the provision of services under section 62A (inserted by section 26(d) of the Act of 2018) of the Act of 1970 for the purposes of termination of pregnancy in accordance with the Act of 2018;

“termination of pregnancy” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2018.

3. These Regulations shall apply to payments in respect of services rendered by a service provider to or on behalf of the Health Service Executive under section 62A of the Act of 1970 for the purpose of termination of pregnancy in accordance with the Act of 2018.

4. The amounts of the payments specified in column 3 of the Schedule opposite the mention of the services specified in column 2 of that Schedule shall be payable to a service provider in respect of the services rendered by the service provider from 1 January 2019.

SCHEDULE

Services rendered by a service provider to or on behalf of the Health Service Executive under section 62A of the Act of 1970 for the purpose of termination of pregnancy in accordance with the Act of 2018
Reference Number (1)	Description (2)	Amount (3)
1.	Patient’s first visit for purpose of termination in accordance with the Act of 2018	€150
2.	Termination of pregnancy in accordance with the Act of 2018 which is carried out by service provider, including aftercare	€300
3.	Aftercare visit with service provider where termination of pregnancy in accordance with the Act of 2018 is not carried out by service provider but is carried out in a hospital	€100

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the foregoing Regulations.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

20 December 2018.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

21 December 2018.

SIMON HARRIS,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations set the payment levels in respect of services rendered by a service provider in the community to or on behalf of the Health Service Executive under a Contract for the Provision of a Termination of Pregnancy Service in accordance with the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 .