Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Amendment (Cessation of Temporary Funding Increases) Determination 2020 (Cth)

Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Amendment (Cessation of Temporary Funding Increases) Determination 2020

I, Richard Colbeck, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, make the following determination.

Dated 26 August 2020

Richard Colbeck   

Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians

Contents

1  Name. ...................................................................................................................................... 2

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 2

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 2

4  Schedules................................................................................................................................. 2

Schedule 1—Amendments  3

Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014   3

1  Name

This instrument is the Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Amendment (Cessation of Temporary Funding Increases) Determination 2020.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	1 September 2020

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under the Aged Care Act 1997.

4  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014

1  Amendments of listed provisions—changed amounts

The provisions listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

Amendments relating to indexation of amounts
Item	Provision	Omit	Substitute
1	Paragraph 12(2)(a)	$48.73	$48.15
2	Paragraph 12(2)(b)	$136.64	$135.01
3	Paragraph 12(2)(c)	$48.73	$48.15
4	Paragraph 12(2)(d)	$136.64	$135.01
5	Subsection 60(2)	$3.41	$2.63
6	Subsection 60B(4)	$3.41	$2.63
7	Section 64	$28.03	$21.64
8	Section 91	$40.93	$40.45
9	Subsection 92	$133.92	$132.31
10	Section 93	$35.19	$34.77

2  Subsection 7(3) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

ACFI amounts
Item	Domain category	Domain amount ($)
1	Nil ADL category	$0.00
2	Low ADL category	$38.28
3	Medium ADL category	$83.36
4	High ADL category	$115.49
5	Nil behaviour category	$0.00
6	Low behaviour category	$8.75
7	Medium behaviour category	$18.14
8	High behaviour category	$37.81
9	Nil CHC category	$0.00
10	Low CHC category	$16.98
11	Medium CHC category	$48.37
12	High CHC category	$69.84

3  Section 57 (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of viability supplement
Item	Degree of isolation of service	Number of places allocated in respect of service	Amount ($)
1	Isolated Remote Area	less than 16	$42.42
2	Isolated Remote Area	more than 15 but less than 30	$26.08
3	Isolated Remote Area	30 or more	$2.63
4	Remote Centre	less than 16	$20.26
5	Remote Centre	more than 15 but less than 30	$14.39
6	Remote Centre	30 or more	$2.63
7	Rural Outside Large Centre	less than 16	$8.53
8	Rural Outside Large Centre	more than 15 but less than 30	$2.63
9	Rural Outside Large Centre	30 or more	$2.63
10	An area not referred to in items 1 to 9	not applicable	$2.63

4  Section 58 (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of viability supplement
Item	Score	Amount ($)
1	40	$2.63
2	50	$2.95
3	60	$8.53
4	70	$14.39
5	80	$20.26
6	90	$26.08
7	100	$42.42

5  Section 59 (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of viability supplement
Item	Score	Amount ($)
1	50	$6.37
2	55	$9.54
3	60	$14.27
4	65	$17.44
5	70	$25.45
6	75	$31.71
7	80	$39.63
8	85	$47.62
9	90	$55.52
10	95	$61.86
11	100	$69.81

6  Section 60A (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of viability supplement
Item	Score	Amount ($)
1	50	$8.65
2	55	$11.52
3	60	$15.79
4	65	$18.66
5	70	$25.93
6	75	$34.59
7	80	$44.49
8	85	$52.89
9	90	$61.19
10	95	$67.84
11	100	$76.18

7  Section 67 (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Basic subsidy amount
Item	Level of home care	Amount ($)
1	Level 1	$24.46
2	Level 2	$43.03
3	Level 3	$93.63
4	Level 4	$141.94

8  Section 84A (table to definition of ARIA value viability supplement amount)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of viability supplement
Item	ARIA value	Amount ($)
1	Less than 3.52	$0.00
2	At least 3.52 but less than 4.67	$5.62
3	At least 4.67 but less than 5.81	$6.74
4	At least 5.81 but less than 7.45	$9.43
5	At least 7.45 but less than 9.09	$11.32
6	At least 9.09 but less than 10.55	$15.84
7	At least 10.55	$19.01

9  Section 84A (table to definition of MMM classification viability supplement amount)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of viability supplement
Item	Modified Monash Model classification	Amount ($)
1	MMM 1	$0.00
2	MMM 2	$0.00
3	MMM 3	$0.00
4	MMM 4	$1.08
5	MMM 5	$2.39
6	MMM 6	$15.84
7	MMM 7	$19.01

10  Section 87 (table to definition of ARIA value additional amount)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of viability supplement
Item	ARIA value	Amount ($)
1	0 to 3.51 inclusive	$0.00
2	3.52 to 4.66 inclusive	$5.62
3	4.67 to 5.80 inclusive	$6.74
4	5.81 to 7.44 inclusive	$9.43
5	7.45 to 9.08 inclusive	$11.32
6	9.09 to 10.54 inclusive	$15.84
7	10.55 to 12 inclusive	$19.01

11  Section 87 (table to definition of MMM classification additional amount)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of viability supplement
Item	Modified Monash Model classification	Amount ($)
1	MMM 1	$0.00
2	MMM 2	$0.00
3	MMM 3	$0.00
4	MMM 4	$1.08
5	MMM 5	$2.39
6	MMM 6	$15.84
7	MMM 7	$19.01

12 Section 94 (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Respite supplement equivalent amount
Item	Total number of high care places and low care places	Amount ($)
1	Less than 11	$52.78
2	More than 10 but less than 21	$84.45
3	More than 20 but less than 31	$94.99
4	More than 30 but less than 41	$105.53
5	More than 40	$116.11

13  Section 97 (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Viability supplement equivalent amounts—Category A services
Item	Degree of isolation of the service	Number of places allocated in respect of the service	Amount ($)
1	Isolated Remote Area	less than 16	$42.42
2	Isolated Remote Area	more than 15 but less than 30	$26.08
3	Isolated Remote Area	more than 29	$2.63
4	Remote Centre	less than 16	$20.26
5	Remote Centre	more than 15 but less than 30	$14.39
6	Remote Centre	more than 29	$2.63
7	Rural Outside Large Centre	less than 16	$8.53
8	Rural Outside Large Centre	more than 15 but less than 30	$2.63
9	Rural Outside Large Centre	more than 29	$2.63
10	An area not covered by items 1 to 9	not applicable	$2.63

14  Section 98 (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Viability supplement equivalent amounts—Category B services
Item	Score	Amount ($)
1	40	$2.63
2	50	$2.95
3	60	$8.53
4	70	$14.39
5	80	$20.26
6	90	$26.08
7	100	$42.42

15  Section 99 (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Viability supplement equivalent amounts—Category C services
Item	Score	Amount ($)
1	50	$6.37
2	55	$9.54
3	60	$14.27
4	65	$17.44
5	70	$25.45
6	75	$31.71
7	80	$39.63
8	85	$47.62
9	90	$55.52
10	95	$61.86
11	100	$69.81

16  Section 99A (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Viability supplement equivalent amounts—Category D services
Item	Score	Amount ($)
1	50	$6.37
2	55	$9.54
3	60	$14.27
4	65	$17.44
5	70	$25.45
6	75	$31.71
7	80	$39.63
8	85	$47.62
9	90	$55.52
10	95	$61.86
11	100	$69.81