Section 5F: Payment of contribution to health insurance scheme

5F. Payment of contribution to health insurance scheme (1) (a) Subject to subsection (2) and to the availability of funds, the Minister shall, at the request made by an employee in a form approved by the Minister, pay part or whole of the monthly contributions made in respect of the employee under section 5B (1) (a) from the Fund as premium under such health insurance policy as may have been subscribed to by the employee. (b) The payment of the monthly contributions under paragraph (a) shall be made as from the second month following the month in which the application is made. (1A) Notwithstanding subsection (2) (b), where an employee is in the domestic service of an employer, payment of the premium referred to in subsection (1) in respect of any month shall be from the account of the employee in any of the 2 financial years preceding the month of the payment. (2) (a) No payment shall be made under subsection (1) unless contributions have been made into the Fund in respect of the employee for at least 6 months preceding the request for the transfer. (b) The amount transferred from the Fund for any month shall be the amount paid, in respect of the employee, in the preceding sixth month. (c) Paragraph (a) shall apply to contributions made as from 1 January 2012. (3) Where an employee decides to cease payment of his monthly contributions referred to in subsection (1), he shall, not less than one month before the cessation, give written notice of the fact to the Ministry. [S. 5F inserted by s. 13 (d) of Act 37 of 2011 w.e.f. 15 December 2011; s. 18 (a) of Act 26 of 2012 w.e.f. 22 December 2012.]