The Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019 provides for a Gold Card for eligible clients who participated in the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) civilian aid program.
Eligible clients who do not receive a precluding payment may also receive a Pharmaceutical Supplement.
Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019
To provide health care benefits to Australian surgical and medical teams in the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) civilian aid program during the Vietnam War.
A person is eligible for treatment if the person:
1 July 2019
The original intention has not changed.
Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019
Section 28 (eligibility)
Section 30 (rate)
Section 31 (payability)
To assist eligible Gold Card holders under the Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019 in meeting the cost of prescription medications.
All Gold Card holders under the Act who are Australian residents and who do not receive a precluding payment and who are either in Australia or temporarily (less than 26 weeks) outside Australia.
Precluding payments are:
1 July 2019
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=comment/reply/84676%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=comment/reply/84680%23comment-form
[3] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=comment/reply/84682%23comment-form