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Intellectual Disability Health Assessment — Template & Note Generator
Work through the regulated assessment domains, add your findings, and generate a clean, structured note to paste into your clinical software. For the MBS time-tiered health assessment for a person with an intellectual disability (items 701/703/705/707, claimable annually).
Sources & clinical disclaimer
The required assessment matters are set out in clause 2.15.8 of the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2021, summarised in MBS explanatory note AN.0.41 (time-tiered health assessment for a person with an intellectual disability). MBS Book, July 2026. mbsonline.gov.au.
Items 701, 703, 705, 707 descriptors and fees — MBS Book, July 2026.
The MBS note also points practitioners to the RACGP Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice (Red Book) and the Comprehensive Health Assessment Program (CHAP) as optional assessment tools.
Documentation aid and billing reference only — not clinical advice, and it does not capture or transmit patient data. Confirm item descriptors, the full regulated requirements and current fees against the MBS before claiming. Fees are indexed annually on 1 July. Current as at July 2026 MBS.
📋 Source: MBS health assessment items 701–707 — MBS Online (mbsonline.gov.au). Verified June 2026. Your doctor or healthcare provider knows your history and circumstances — always follow their personalised advice over general information.
How this works
The domains below are the matters the assessment must cover (to the extent relevant) under the regulations. Tick the ones you address, type findings if you wish, and hit Build note — you get a copy-paste summary for your records. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is sent or stored. This is a documentation aid, not clinical advice.
Billing & eligibility
Eligible patient: a person living with an intellectual disability. Claimable once every 12 months. Undertaken by a GP.
Item is set by time spent (not by which assessment): use the time-tiered item matching the duration.
Item
Time
Fee (100% rebate)
701
Brief — not more than 30 min
$71.00
703
Standard — 30 to under 45 min
$165.05
705
Long — 45 to under 60 min
$227.75
707
Prolonged — 60 min or more
$321.75
Record keeping: keep a record of the assessment and offer the patient a written report.
Co-claiming: another item may be co-claimed only if both are clinically necessary and distinct services, each able to stand on its own.