Aged Care (Flexible Care Subsidy innovative care services provided by specified approved providers) Determination 2008 (ACA Ch. 3 No. 12/2008) (Cth)

Aged Care (Flexible Care Subsidy – innovative care services provided by specified approved providers) Determination 2008

Aged Care Act 1997

I, JUSTINE ELLIOT, Minister for Ageing, make this Determination under paragraph 52-1(1)(a) and subsection 52-1(2) of the Aged Care Act 1997.

Dated          June 26th   2008

JUSTINE ELLIOT

Minister for Ageing

Contents

Part 1Preliminary

1Name of Determination   3

2Commencement   3

3Revocation   3

Part 2Amount of flexible care subsidy

4     Application of Determination   4

5     Amount of flexible care subsidy   4

Schedule 1             Approved Providers covered by this Determination   5

Part 1                 Preliminary

1. Name of Determination

(1)            This Determination is the Aged Care (Flexible care subsidy - innovative care services provided by specified approved providers) Determination 2008. 

(2)            This Determination may also be known as (ACA Ch. 3 No. 12/2008).

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on 1 July 2008.

1. Revocation

(1)            The Determination of the amount of flexible care subsidy under section   52-1 made by the Minister on 26 June 2007 (ACA Ch. 3 No. 22/2007) is revoked.

(2)           The Determination of amount of flexible care subsidy under section 52-1 for the UnitingCare Cumberland Prospect Disability Aged Care Innovative Pool pilot and the Northern Sydney Disability Aged Care pilot in New South Wales made by the Minister on 4 August 2004 (ACA Ch. 3. 21/2004) is revoked.

Part 2                 Care recipients receiving flexible care

1. Application of Determination

This Determination applies to a care recipient receiving innovative care services of a kind defined in section 15.24 of the Flexible Care Subsidy Principles 1997 provided by an approved provider listed in Column 1 of the table in Schedule 1. 

1. Amount of flexible care subsidy

The flexible care subsidy for a day for a care recipient is the amount mentioned in Column 2 of the table in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1        Amounts of flexible care subsidy

(sections 5 and 6)

Column 1 – Approved Provider	Column 2 – amount of flexible care subsidy
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Victoria	$62.95
Helping Hand Aged Care Inc.	$57.10
Renmark Paringa District Hospital Inc.	$32.07
Senses Foundation Inc.	$71.48
Oakdale Services Tasmania	$64.63
The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) – Orange	$65.74
New Horizons Enterprises Ltd	$66.46
Clarence Valley Council (formerly Maclean Shire Council	$66.23
Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) Springwood Retirement Village	$61.38