Medical, &c., expenses payable for imminently fatal disease
118 Medical, &c., expenses payable for imminently fatal disease
Subject to subsection (2), the reasonable expenses necessarily incurred by, or in respect of, a compensable person are payable by the Commissioner, up to a total amount of 125 expenses units, if – the Commissioner has made a determination under this Act that the person has an imminently fatal asbestos-related disease; and the reasonable expenses were incurred – for medical services provided to the person, whether before or after the determination was made; and for other compensable services provided to the person after the determination was made; and for support services provided to a relevant family member of the person; and those services were required by the person, or relevant family member, as a result of the person having an imminently fatal asbestos-related disease.
In addition to the 125 expenses units referred to in subsection (1), the Commissioner may pay up to 15 expenses units for the reasonable expenses necessarily incurred by a compensable person for medical services if – the person's application for compensation has been determined under section 70(1)(a); and the medical services were required as a result of the person – having an asbestos-related disease; or making an application under this Act; and the medical services were provided to the person before the Commissioner made the determination referred to in subsection (1)(a).
If the reasonable expenses that are payable, in respect of a compensable person, by the Commissioner under this section exceed the amount of expenses units specified in this section for those expenses, the Commissioner – must review the case of the person to whom the expenses relate; and must exclude any expenses paid, by the Commissioner in respect of the person, under section 119; and may, in the Commissioner's discretion, pay the expenses or refuse to pay the expenses and any further such expenses.
In this section, a reference to a number of expenses units is a reference to the amount obtained by multiplying the basic salary by that number.
The statute text is free to read above. View Pro plans to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.