The NSW Government Section 100 (s100) co-payments apply to prescriptions under Section 100 of the National Health Act 1953 for eligible patients.

Eligibility criteria

Patients are eligible for the co-payment if they are:

• a NSW resident who is a patient treated in a NSW public hospital
  • public non-admitted patients
  • outpatients or day patients
  • inpatients on discharge
  • privately referred, non-admitted patients.
• a NSW resident who is a patient of an authorised community prescriber in NSW (for HIV, Hepatitis B, medicines and clozapine maintenance therapy)​ ​
• prescribed s100 Highly Specialised Drugs / s100 injectable and infusible chemotherapy medicines (and it is dispensed through NSW public hospitals, NSW community pharmacies or pharmacies used by NSW public hospital oncology services). 
  

Consent​

Eligible patients need to provide consent f​or the NSW Government to make s100 co-payments on their behalf. The process varies according to patient prescription, as follows:

s100 Highly Specialised Drugs

• Patients complete and sign a  12 Month Patient Consent Form with their prescriber/doctor.
• The signed form must be presented each time a prescription is filled (including repeats) for s100 co-payments to be made.
• A new consent form is completed every 12 months.​
• Prescribers accredited in NSW for HIV and Hepatitis B medicines are listed on the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine
  website​.
• For clozapine, prescribers and patients must meet the PBS eligibilty requirements​. 

s100 injectable and infusible chemotherapy medicine ​

• Patients sign a consent form when their prescription is filled through a pharmacy used by NSW public hospital oncology services.
• This form includes consent for the NSW Government to make the s100 co-payments on the patients' behalf.

Privacy

NSW Health is committed to safeguarding the privacy of patient information and complies with its obligations under the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002.

This website also has a dedicated patient privacy section with further information available, including:

• Privacy leaflet for patients
• Privacy manual for health information - outlines NSW Health’s obligations and responsibilities.

Factsheets

• s100 Highly Specialised Drugs
• s100 injectable and infusible chemotherapy medicines.

More information

• Co-payments for Section 100
• Pharmacists
• Prescribers and medical practitioners

NSW s100 co-payment enquires can be emailed to: NSWH-s100CoPayment@health.nsw.gov.au.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​