Low Income Health Care Card (LIC) renewals 101-06040020

Policy

Social Security Guide, 3.9.1.20, Qualification for Low Income HCC

Social Security Guide, 3.9.1.40, HCC Provisions for Children & Dependants

Social Security Guide, 3.9.1.80, Start Day for HCC

Social Security Guide, 3.9.1.90, Notification & Recipient Obligations for HCC

Social Security Guide, 3.9.1.100, Termination of HCC

Social Security Guide, 3.9.1.70, Low Income HCC - Assessment of Income

Social Security Guide, 3.9.4.20, Non-cancellation of Concession Cards for Temporary Overseas Absences

Social Security Guide, 4.3.3.60, Deferred Income, Salary Sacrifice, Valuable Consideration & Fringe Benefits

Social Security Guide, 2.2.2, Verifying Personal Details

Social Security Guide, 4.13.1.60, Effect of Compensation on Low Income Health Care Cards

The system can record a preferred name on the system as the person's legal name. The person must use the legal name at all times for Centrelink purposes, including issue and reissue of Low Income Health Care Cards (LIC). See the Social Security Guide, 2.2.2, Verifying Personal Details.

Legislation

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Social Security Act 1991

• section 1061ZO, Qualification
• section 1061ZO(3), Non-qualification of under 19 year old Family Tax Benefit (FTB) children who are secondary students
• section 1071A, Health care card income test
• section 1071A-1, Satisfying the health care card income test: persons claiming a card

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

• section 8, Principles of administration
• schedule 2, part 3, division 4, clause 37, Health care cards, other than automatic issue health care cards - see this section for Start day for Low Income Health Care Card (LIC)

Federal Register of Legislation - Budget Savings (Omnibus) Act 2016