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Legislation

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Current legislation

Aged Care Act 2024

  • Support at Home
    • 197 Secondary person-centred supplements – Fee Reduction Supplement

Aged Care Rules 2025

  • Support at Home
    • 197-5 Fee reduction supplement—circumstances for applicability, amount and reduction of contributions—home or community fee reduction supplement determinations (financial hardship)
    • 197-8 Applications for home or community fee reduction supplement determinations
    • 197-10 Home or community fee reduction supplement determinations

Aged Care Act 2024

  • Residential Care
    • 231 Secondary person-centred supplements

Aged Care Rules 2025

  • Residential Care
    • 231-15 Fee reduction supplement
    • 231-16 Applications for residential care fee reduction supplement reductions
    • 231-17 Residential care fee reduction supplement determinations

Historical legislation

Aged Care Act 1997

  • section 44-30 and 48-10, The hardship supplement
  • section 44-31 and 48-11, Determining cases of financial hardship
  • section 44-32 and 48-12, Revoking determinations of financial hardship
  • section 52K-1, Determining cases of financial hardship

Subsidy Principles 2014

Residential care (includes respite care)

Pathway to below sections is as follows: Chapter 2 Residential care subsidy, Part 3 What is the amount of residential care subsidy? Division 5 Other supplements, Subdivision B – Hardship supplement

  • section 60 – Eligibility for hardship supplement – determination by System Govenor
  • section 61 – Meaning of essential expenses for a recipient of residential care
  • section 62 – Circumstances in which System Govenor may revoke financial hardship determination

Home care

Pathway to below sections is as follows: Chapter 3 Home Care subsidy, Part 2 What is the amount of the home care subsidy? Division 4 Other Supplements, Subdivision A – Hardship supplement

  • section 95 – Eligibility for hardship supplement – determination by Secretary
  • section 96 – Meaning of essential expenses for a recipient of home care
  • section 97 – Circumstances in which Secretary may revoke financial hardship determination

Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 section 60-2(2)(c), Maximum daily amount of home care fees

Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles 2014

Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees, and Payments) Determination 2014

Fees and Payments Principles 2014

Quality of Care Principles 2014