Some Orange Card holders may already receive PA as part of their Service Pension or Disability Pension entitlement, or in some cases if they already hold a Repatriation Health Card – for Specific Conditions (White Card) or receive it as part of a Centrelink entitlement. The Orange Card entitles the holder to receive the Pharmaceutical Allowance (PA). More info : for more detailed information on the benefits of the Orange Card, refer to HSV 69, Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Card (Orange Card) on DVA Facts: Card benefits - PA This means that BCAL veterans will have access to prior approval authorisation for non-listed items through the Veterans' Affairs Pharmaceutical Approval Centre (VAPAC). The Orange Card will give BCAL veterans access to all medicines listed in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) as well as those items (including medicines and dressings) listed in the RPBS at the concessional rate. Note that the Orange Card is not subject to the income or assets tests.

Have been an Australian resident for a continuous period of at least 10 years (or an aggregate period of 10 years, where one of those periods is at least 5 years).

Have rendered qualifying service for either WWI or WWII and.

To be eligible for the Orange Card a BCAL veteran must: īCAL veterans who are eligible for the RPBS under this extension of eligibility will receive a plastic Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Card (Orange Card). Schedule 1 of this Act inserts new Part VA Extension of the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. 102, 2001 received Royal Assent on 4 September 2001. The Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2001 Budget Measures) Act 2001, No.

Part 1 – Policy and Legislation Extension of access to the RPBSįrom 1 January 2002, access to the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS) will be extended to eligible Commonwealth and Allied veterans and Allied mariners (herein referred to as BCAL veterans).

The purpose of this Departmental Instruction is to provide legislation, policy and procedural systems information with regards to the 2001/2002 Budget Initiative, “Extend Access to the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS) for British Commonwealth and Allied veterans (BCAL)”, commonly known as the BCAL or Orange Card initiative. Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Card (Orange Card)

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