Aged Care (Flexible Care Subsidy Amount Transition Care)Determination 2013 (No. 2) (Cth)

Aged Care (Flexible Care Subsidy Amount - Transition Care) Determination 2013 (No. 2)

I, Jacinta Collins, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, make the following determination under the Aged Care Act 1997.

Dated:              8/7       2013

Jacinta Collins

Minister for Mental Health and Ageing

1  Name of determination

This determination is the Aged Care (Flexible Care Subsidy Amount - Transition Care) Determination 2013 (No. 2).

2  Commencement

This determination commences on 1 August 2013.

3  Authority

This determination is made under the Aged Care Act 1997.

4  Repeal

The Aged Care (Amount of Flexible Care Subsidy - Transition Care) Determination 2013 (No. 1), made by the Minister on 27 June 2013 is repealed.

5  Amount of flexible care subsidy for transition care

For subsection 52-1(1) of the Act, the amount of flexible care subsidy payable for a day in respect of the kind of flexible care specified in section 15.28 of the Flexible Care Subsidy Principles 1997, known as transition care, is the sum of the following amounts:

(a)  the basic subsidy amount in respect of that day specified in section 6; and

(b)  the dementia and veterans’ supplement equivalent amount in respect of that day specified in section 7.

6  Basic subsidy amount

  The basic subsidy amount payable in respect of a day for a care recipient is $187.30.   

7  Dementia and veterans’ supplement equivalent amount

The dementia and veterans’ supplement equivalent amount payable in respect of a day for a care recipient is $3.68.