Key messages
- The Department of Health fee schedule and income ranges provide a basis for calculating fees for community health services.
- The department indexes fees and income levels in January each year.
- The schedule of fees breaks fees down by activity, population type, policy, and the fees payable for low, medium and high income Victorians.
- Even if a consumer has declared that they are in a particular income level, mitigating circumstances may affect the consumer's ability to pay a fee. In these cases, consumers have the right to have the fee reduced or waived.
- No one can be denied a service because they are not able to pay fees.
You can find further information on the fees policy here.
Community Health schedule of fees (effective July 2019)
Activity / population type | Policy | Fee payable | ||
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Low income Victorians | Medium income Victorians | High income Victorians | ||
Financially dependent children | Parents of financially dependent children may be charged if they are not low income. | Nil | $15.60 | Full cost recovery |
Health promotion and group activities | Agencies may charge a fee for group activities. | $7.90 | $7.90 | Full cost recovery |
Community health nursing | Chargeable services | $10.30 | $15.60 | Full cost recovery |
Counselling/casework consultations | No charge for low and medium income clients | Nil | Nil | Full cost recovery |
Allied health consultations
| Chargeable services | $10.30 | $15.60 | Full cost recovery |
Interpreting | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
Initial needs identification | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
Other services and items (such as report writing, court attendance, orthotics, information material, secondary consultations) | Where appropriate, such service fees may be charged even when associated with a service that does not attract a fee (e.g. counselling provided to a low income person). Fees should be levied in a manner consistent with the exemptions and capping provisions included in this policy. | Agency may set fees | Agency may set fees | Agency may set fees |
Income ranges 2019
The Community Health income ranges are based on the Centrelink Income Test for pensioners.
Low income | Medium income | High income | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Individual | < $39,089 | > $39,089 | < $86,208 | > $86,208 |
Couple | < $59,802 | > $59,802 | < $115,245 | > $115,245 |
Family (one child) | < $66,009 | > $66,009 | < $118,546 | > $118,546 |
(plus $6,206 per additional child) |
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