Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Hospital cover is so much of a * complying health insurance policy as * covers * hospital treatment. An * adult has hospital cover if he or she is insured under a complying health insurance policy that covers hospital treatment.
(2) An * adult is taken to have * hospital cover:
(a) at any time during which the adult was covered by an * applicable benefits arrangement; or
(b) at any time during which the adult holds a * gold card; or
(c) at any time during which the adult is in a class of adults specified in the Private Health Insurance (Lifetime Health Cover) Rules for the purposes of this paragraph.
(3) In this section:
"gold card" means a card that evidences a person's entitlement to be provided with treatment:
(a) in accordance with the Treatment Principles prepared under section 90 of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 ; or
(b) in accordance with a determination made under section 286 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 in respect of the provision of treatment.