S.I. No. 459/2023 - Health Act 1970 (Section 58C) (Payments to Relevant Medical Practitioners) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 22nd September, 2023.

I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 58C(5) (inserted by section 5 of the Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2014 (No. 28 of 2014)) of the Health Act 1970 (No. 1 of 1970), prior to the making of these regulations, engaged in such consultations as I considered appropriate in accordance with subsections (6) and (8) of the said section 58C;

AND WHEREAS I, pursuant to subsection (7) of the said section 58C, consider the amounts and rates prescribed in these regulations to be fair and reasonable having regard to the matters specified in the said subsection (7);

NOW I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 58C(3) and (4) (inserted by section 5 of the Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2014 (No. 28 of 2014)) of the Health Act 1970 (No. 1 of 1970), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1970 (Section 58C) (Payments to Relevant Medical Practitioners) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

2. These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 August 2023.

3. The Health Act 1970 (Section 58C) (Payments to Relevant Medical Practitioners) Regulations 2015 are amended by substitution of the following Schedule for Schedule 1:

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SCHEDULE 1

Capitation payments
Reference Number (1)	Description (2)	Amount (3)
1.	Annual Capitation Fee per Child Patient under the age of 6 on the GP’s panel, which includes two periodic assessments, one at age 2 and one at age 5.	€125.00
2.	Annual Capitation Fee per Child Patient aged 6 to 7 years	€100.00
3.	Initial Asthma diagnosis and registration after the Child Patient reaches the age of 2 years	€50.00
4.	Enhanced capitation in year 1 post registration of Child Patients with Asthma (subject to submission of annual dataset return)	€90.00
5.	Enhanced capitation for care of Child Patients with Asthma for each subsequent year up to and including the age of 7 years (subject to submission of annual dataset return)	€45.00

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

Signed by the minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,

13 September, 2023.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

18 September, 2023.

STEPHEN DONNELLY,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations amend payments and eligibility in respect of services rendered by general practitioners under the agreement for the provision of services to children.