Health Insurance (Pharmaceutical Benefit) (General Provisions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 12) (Jersey) Order 2014


Health Insurance (Pharmaceutical Benefit) (General Provisions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 12) (Jersey) Order 2014

Made                                                                        29th August 2014

Coming into force                                                     1st October 2014

THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, in pursuance of Articles 15, 17 and 36 of the Health Insurance (Jersey) Law 1967[1], orders as follows –

1        Interpretation

In this Order “principal Order” means the Health Insurance (Pharmaceutical Benefit) (General Provisions) (No. 2) (Jersey) Order 2002[2].

2        Amendment of Schedule 5

In Schedule 5 of the principal Order –

(a)     for paragraph 1 there shall be substituted the following paragraph –

 

“1.

Basic dispensing fee

 

For the period of 12 months beginning with 1st October 2014 and for each ensuing period of 12 months –

 

 

(a)     for each of the first 50,000 items of pharmaceutical benefit supplied as described in Article 9(1) by an approved supplier

351

 

(b)     for each subsequent item of pharmaceutical benefit as described in Article 9(1) by that approved supplier

313”

(b)     in paragraph 2(e)(ii) for the words “and zolpidem” there shall be substituted the words “, zolpidem and zopiclone”.

3        Substitution of Schedule 6

For Schedule 6 there shall be substituted the following Schedule –

“SCHEDULE 6

(Article 9(2))

Reduction of amount payable to approved suppliers

Aggregate basic ingredient price of pharmaceutical benefit supplied during month

Percentage by which basic ingredient price reduced

%

exceeding
£

not exceeding
£

0

1500

0.37

1500

1750

0.40

1750

2000

0.43

2000

2250

0.45

2250

2500

0.46

2500

2750

0.50

2750

3000

0.52

3000

3250

0.55

3250

3500

0.57

3500

3750

0.59

3750

4000

0.61

4000

4250

0.64

4250

4500

0.66

4500

4750

0.68

4750

5000

0.70

5000

5250

0.73

5250

5500

0.75

5500

5750

0.77

5750

6000

0.78

6000

6250

0.79

6250

6500

0.81

6500

7000

0.83

7000

8900

0.91

8900

10300

0.95

10300

11700

0.99

11700

13100

1.01

13100

14400

1.01

14400

15800

1.02

15800

17200

1.02

17200

18600

1.03

18600

20000

1.03

20000

21400

1.04

21400

22800

1.04

22800

24200

1.05

24200

25800

1.05

25800

27400

1.06

27400

29000

1.06

29000

30600

1.07

30600

32200

1.07

32200

33800

1.08

33800

35400

1.08

35400

37000

1.09

37000

38600

1.10

38600

40200

1.10

40200

41800

1.11

41800

43400

1.11

43400

45000

1.12

45000

46600

1.12

46600

48200

1.13

48200

49800

1.13

49800

51400

1.14

51400

53000

1.14

53000

1.15”.

4        Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Health Insurance (Pharmaceutical Benefit) (General Provisions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 12) (Jersey) Order 2014 and shall come into force on 1st October 2014.

SENATOR F. DU H. LE GRESLEY

Minister for Social Security

 

 

 


 



[1]                                    chapter 26.500

[2]                                    chapter 26.500.22


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