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(1)The Welsh Ministers must, on an application made by any person, reimburse to that person the amount of any qualifying EEA expenditure incurred by that person on or after 23 August 2010, but this is subject to subsections (5) and (6), to any limit applicable under subsection (8) and to any deduction applicable under subsection (9).
(2)For the purpose of this section, “qualifying EEA expenditure” is expenditure incurred on the provision by an authorised provider, in an EEA state other than the United Kingdom, to a person ordinarily resident in Wales (“the patient”) of a service as respects which condition A or condition B is met.
(3)Condition A is that the service—
(a)was necessary to treat or diagnose a medical condition of the patient,
(b)is the same as or equivalent to a service that the Welsh Ministers or the Local Health Board in whose area the patient usually resides would make or have made available to the patient under this Act in the circumstances of the patient's case, and
(c)is not a special service.
(4)Condition B is that before the service was provided the Welsh Ministers had given authorisation under section 6B for the provision of the service to the patient.
(5)The duty in subsection (1) does not apply where the applicant incurred the qualifying expenditure in connection with an arrangement which was entered into by the applicant in the course of business and under which the applicant has gained or might be expected to gain any financial benefit.
(6)This section does not apply in circumstances where Article 20 or 27(3) of Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004 apply.
(7)Subsections (8) and (9) apply where the service is the same as or equivalent to a service that the Welsh Ministers or the Local Health Board in whose area the patient usually resides would have made available to the patient under this Act in the circumstances of the patient's case.
(8)The Welsh Ministers may limit the amount of any reimbursement under this section—
(a)in relation to a service other than a dental service, to the cost that the Welsh Ministers or the Local Health Board would have incurred if the same or an equivalent service had been made available by either of them, and
(b)in relation to a dental service, to the average cost that the Welsh Ministers or the Local Health Board would have incurred if the same or an equivalent service had been made available by either of them.
(9)The Welsh Ministers may deduct from any reimbursement under this section the amount of any NHS charge which would have been payable for the same service or an equivalent service if the service had been made available by the Welsh Ministers or the Local Health Board; and in determining for this purpose the amount of any NHS charge regard shall be had to any entitlement the patient would have had—
(a)to any payment or contribution by virtue of regulations made under section 129(1) or (3), or
(b)to any remission or repayment by virtue of regulations made under section 130.
(10)The Welsh Ministers may determine—
(a)the form in which an application under this section must be made, and
(b)the information to be provided in support of the application.
(11)In this section and section 6B—
“authorised provider”, in relation to any service provided in an EEA state other than the United Kingdom, means a person who is lawfully providing that service;
“NHS charge” means a charge payable under regulations made under section 121(1), 125(1) or 128(1);
“special service” means—
a service that involves a stay in hospital accommodation for at least one night,
medical treatment that involves general anaesthesia, epidural anaesthesia or intravenously administered sedation,
dental treatment that involves general anaesthesia or intravenously administered sedation, or
a service whose provision involves the use of specialised or cost-intensive medical infrastructure or medical equipment;
“service” includes any goods, including drugs, medicines and appliances, which are used or supplied in connection with the provision of a service, but does not include accommodation other than hospital accommodation.]
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