Medical, &c., expenses payable if non-imminently fatal disease
119 Medical, &c., expenses payable if non-imminently fatal disease
The reasonable expenses necessarily incurred by, or in respect of, a compensable person are payable by the Commissioner if – the person's application for compensation has been determined under section 70(1)(a); and the Commissioner has not yet 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 application was made; and for other compensable services provided to the person after the application 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 asbestos-related disease.
In addition to the expenses payable under 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 person's application for compensation was determined under section 70(1)(a).
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.
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