Regulation 1.15K — When a person has an outstanding public health debt

1.15K When a person has an outstanding public health debt A person has an outstanding public health debt if:

(a) the person incurs an expense of any of the following kinds:

(i) a medical, hospital or other health-related expense arising from the treatment, on or after 17 April 2019, of the person in a public hospital or other public health facility;

(ii) an expense arising from the provision of an aged care service to the person, on or after 17 April 2019 and before 1 January 2020, by an approved provider of a kind mentioned in section 8-6 of the Aged Care Act 1997 as in force immediately before 1 January 2020;

(iii) an expense arising from the provision of an aged care service to the person, on or after 1 January 2020 and before the commencement of the Aged Care Act 2024, by an approved provider of a kind mentioned in section 63F of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018 as in force immediately before the commencement of the Aged Care Act 2024;

(iv) an expense arising from the delivery of a funded aged care service to the person by a registered provider that is a government entity or a local government authority (within the meaning of the Aged Care Act 2024); and

(b) a State, Territory or local government authority notifies Immigration, in accordance with an agreement between the authority and Immigration, that the expense (in whole or in part) is an unpaid debt owed by the person to the authority; and

(c) the notification has not been withdrawn by the authority.