New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated Acts(cf s 54 MACA)
(1) Bulk billing arrangements may be entered into by the Authority with respect to--(a) the payment of expenses incurred in connection with the treatment and care of injured persons at hospitals, or(b) the payment of expenses incurred in conveying injured persons by ambulance, or(c) the payment of other treatment and care expenses incurred by injured persons.
(2) A bulk billing arrangement is an arrangement made with the Minister for Health, service providers or others acting on their behalf for the payment by the Authority of any such expenses of injured persons at the rate provided by the arrangement.
(3) A bulk billing arrangement may provide for the payments due by the Authority under the arrangement to be paid by means of lump sum payments to cover the payments due in respect of expenses incurred during a specified period.
(4) For the purposes of this section, the treatment and care or conveyance of injured persons includes the treatment and care or conveyance of persons classified as injured persons in accordance with a bulk billing arrangement.