On 19/06/2013,
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6.
—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), any premium payable in respect of a member’s or his dependant’s private medical insurance plan or integrated medical insurance plan, as the case may be, after discounting any Government premium rebate which the member or his dependant may be entitled to receive, may be paid from the moneys standing to the member’s credit in his medisave account at the time when the insurer notifies the Board that the payment of such premium is due.
(2) If —
(a)
the amount standing to the member’s credit in his medisave account is insufficient to pay the premium for his or his dependant’s private medical insurance plan or integrated medical insurance plan, as the case may be, after discounting any Government premium rebate which the member or his dependant may be entitled to receive; and
(b)
in the case of premium for the member’s or his dependant’s integrated medical insurance plan, the member has not made any arrangement for the payment of the deficiency,
the insurer shall determine whether the member or his dependant, as the case may be, may continue to be insured under the policy, but the continuance of the insurance shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may impose.
(3) No premium due on or after 1st July 2007 in respect of a member’s or his dependant’s private medical insurance plan shall be paid from the moneys standing to the member’s credit in his medisave account.
(4) Where any amount which pertains to the premium payable for a person’s integrated medical insurance plan is paid to an insurer otherwise than in accordance with paragraph (1), the insurer shall transfer to the Board, in such manner as the Board may require, such part of that amount which pertains to the premium payable for the person’s MediShield Component.
(5) Where an insured person is covered under an integrated medical insurance plan and any additional premium is payable under regulation 8(4A) of the Central Provident Fund (MediShield Scheme) Regulations (Rg 20, 2008 Ed.), in respect of his MediShield Component, the insurer shall transfer the additional premium to the Board in such manner as the Board may require.
(6) Where an insured person is covered under an integrated medical insurance plan, and any additional premium is payable under regulation 8(4B) of the Central Provident Fund (MediShield Scheme) Regulations in respect of his MediShield Component —
(a)
in any case where the insurer has agreed to pay the additional premium on behalf of the insured person, the insurer shall transfer the additional premium to the Board in such manner as the Board may require; or
(b)
in any other case, the Board shall deduct the additional premium —
(i)
from the amount standing to the credit of the insured person in his medisave account; or
(ii)
if the insured person is a dependant of a member, from the amount standing to the credit of the member in the member’s medisave account.
(7) Regulation 4(2) shall not apply to any additional premium deducted by the Board under paragraph (6)(b).