Do you receive Family Tax Benefit & Income Support Payments?Do you have a child turning four?Has your child had a health check?If they haven’t, it may delay payment of your Family Tax Benefit-Part A Supplement.Use the table below to find out how you can complete a health check in your State or Territory

State/Territory / Which health checks meet the requirements for FTB Part A supplement purposes? / More information
ACT / A 3 to 3 ½ years health check – outlined in the Personal Health Record (the blue book)
A general health check provided by your local GP
A Healthy Kids Check provided under the Medicare Benefits Scheme / ACT Health
Ph. 13 2281
NSW / A 3 year old check or 4 year old check – outlined in the Personal Health Record called My First Health Record
A general health check provided by your local GP
A Healthy Kids Check provided under the Medicare Benefits Scheme / NSW Department of Health
Ph. 13 3679
NT / A 3 year Assessment or a 4 year Assessment – under the Healthy under 5 Kids Program
A general health check provided by your local GP
A Healthy Kids Check provided under the Medicare Benefits Scheme
* A Compulsory Health check done under the NT emergency response / Department of Health and Families
Ph. (08) 8999 5511
QLD / A 2 ½ - 3 ½ years check or a 4-5 years health check – outlined in the Personal Health Record (the Red Book)
A general health check provided by your local GP
A Healthy Kids Check provided under the Medicare Benefits Scheme / QLD Health
Ph. 13 7468
SA / A 3 year old check or a 4 year old pre-school check – outlined in Child Health Record (the blue book).
A general health check provided by your local GP
A Healthy Kids Check provided under the Medicare Benefits Scheme / SA Health
Ph. (08) 8226 6000
TAS / A 3 ½ years child health assessment completed by Tasmanian Family and Child Health nurses
A general health check provided by your local GP
A Healthy Kids Check provided under the Medicare Benefits Scheme / Department of Health & Human Services
Ph. 1300 13 55 13
VIC / A 3 ½ year old health check completed by Victorian Maternal and Child Health nurses
A general health check provided by your local GP
A Healthy Kids Check provided under the Medicare Benefits Scheme / Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Ph. 1300 366 356
WA / A 3 year old health check – outlined in the Personal Health Record book.
A general health check provided by your local GP
A Healthy Kids Check provided under the Medicare Benefits Scheme / Department of Health
Ph. (08) 9222 4222

For more information call the Australian Government Department of Human Services on 13 6150