Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Amendment (Indexation, Pre-Entry Leave and Other Measures) Determination 2015 (Cth)
Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Amendment (Indexation, Pre-Entry Leave and Other Measures) Determination 2015
I, Mitch Fifield, Assistant Minister for Social Services, make the following determination.
Dated: 26 June 2015
Mitch Fifield
Assistant Minister for Social Services
Contents
1 Name. ...................................................................................................................................... 1
2 Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1
3 Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1
4 Schedules................................................................................................................................. 1
Schedule 1—Amendments 2
Part 1 - Indexation 2
Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014 2
Part 2 – Other Measures 10
Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014 10
Schedule 2— Residential Care subsidy for Pre- Entry Leave 11
Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014 11
Schedule 3— Residential Care Subsidy for Pre- Entry Leave after amendments to Aged Care Act 1997 12
Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014 12
1 Name
This instrument is the Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Amendment (Indexation, Pre-Entry Leave and Other Measures) Determination 2015.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Determination 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 Provision(s) Commencement Date/Details 1. Schedule 1 1 July 2015 2. Schedule 2 1 July 2015
However, if Schedule 2 of the Social Services Legislation Amendment (No. 2) Act 2015 commences on 1 July 2015, then the provision(s) do not commence at all.
3. Schedule 3 Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 2 of the Social Services Legislation Amendment (No. 2) Act 2015.
However, if that schedule does not commence, the provision(s) do not commence at all.
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Determination as originally determined. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Determination.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Determination. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Determination.
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
Part 1 - Indexation
Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014
1 Amendments of listed provisions—indexation of 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) $44.21 $44.78 2 Paragraph 12 (2) (b) $123.97 $125.58 3 Paragraph 12 (2) (c) $44.21 $44.78 4 Paragraph 12 (2) (d) $123.97 $125.58 5 Subsection 23(1) $10.84 $10.98 6 Subsection 23(2) $13.55 $13.73 7 Paragraph 25(1)(a) $17.17 $17.39 8 Paragraph 25(1)(b) $19.29 $19.54 9 Subsection 25(2) $21.46 for bolus feeding and $24.11 $21.74 for bolus feeding and $24.43 10 Section 43 $12.50 $12.66 11 Subsection 60(2) $1.85 $1.87 12 Section 62 $6.69 $6.78 13 Section 64 $15.29 $15.49 14 Subsection 70(1) $10.84 $10.98 15 Subsection 70(2) $13.55 $13.73 16 Paragraph 72(1)(a) $17.17 $17.39 17 Paragraph 72(1)(b) $19.29 $19.54 18 Subsection 72(2) $21.46 for bolus feeding and $24.11 $21.74 for bolus feeding and $24.43 19 Section 91 $36.65 $37.13 20 Subsection 92(1) $121.49 $123.07 21 Subsection 92(2) $121.49 $123.07 22 Subsection 92(2) $12.25 $12.41 23 Section 93 $31.92 $32.34 24 Paragraph 95(1)(a) $0.18 $0.18 25 Subsection 95(2) $0.08 $0.08 26 Subsection 95(3) $1.14 $1.15 27 Subsection 106(2) $190.86 $193.34 28 Subsection 106(3) $3.82 $3.87 2 Subsection 7(3) (table)
Repeal the table, substitute:
ACFI amounts Item Domain category Domain amount ($) 1 Nil ADL category 0 2 Low ADL category 36.11 3 Medium ADL category 78.62 4 High ADL category 108.92 5 Nil behaviour category 0 6 Low behaviour category 8.25 7 Medium behaviour category 17.10 8 High behaviour category 35.66 9 Nil CHC category 0 10 Low CHC category 16.25 11 Medium CHC category 46.27 12 High CHC category 66.82
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 ($) 1 Isolated Remote Area less than 16 30.34 2 Isolated Remote Area more than 15 but less than 30 18.66 3 Isolated Remote Area 30 or more 1.87 4 Remote Centre less than 16 14.48 5 Remote Centre more than 15 but less than 30 10.29 6 Remote Centre 30 or more 1.87 7 Rural Outside Large Centre less than 16 6.10 8 Rural Outside Large Centre more than 15 but less than 30 1.87 9 Rural Outside Large Centre 30 or more 1.87 10 An area not referred to in items 1 to 9 not applicable 1.87 4 Section 58 (table)
Repeal the table, substitute:
Amount of viability supplement Item Score Amount ($) 1 40 1.87 2 50 2.11 3 60 6.10 4 70 10.29 5 80 14.48 6 90 18.66 7 100 30.34
5 Section 59 (table)
Repeal the table, substitute:
Amount of viability supplement Item Score Amount ($) 1 50 4.55 2 55 6.82 3 60 10.21 4 65 12.47 5 70 18.21 6 75 22.69 7 80 28.35 8 85 34.07 9 90 39.73 10 95 44.26 11 100 49.94
6 Section 67 (table)
Repeal the table, substitute:
Basic subsidy amount Item Level of home care Amount ($) 1 Level 1 21.71 2 Level 2 39.50 3 Level 3 86.84 4 Level 4 132.01
7 Section 85 (table)
Repeal the table, substitute:
Amount of viability supplement Item ARIA value Amount ($) 1 Less than 3.52 0 2 At least 3.52 but less than 4.67 5.22 3 At least 4.67 but less than 5.81 6.27 4 At least 5.81 but less than 7.45 8.77 5 At least 7.45 but less than 9.09 10.53 6 At least 9.09 but less than 10.55 14.73 7 At least 10.55 17.68
8 Section 94 (table)
Repeal the table, substitute:
Respite supplement equivalent amount Item Total number of high care places and low care places Amount ($) 1 Less than 11 49.08 2 More than 10 but less than 21 78.54 3 More than 20 but less than 31 88.34 4 More than 30 but less than 41 98.17 5 More than 40 107.99
9 Section 96 (table)
Repeal the table, substitute:
Additional amount of home care subsidy Item ARIA value for location of multi‑purpose service Amount ($) 1 0 to 3.51 inclusive 0 2 3.52 to 4.66 inclusive 5.22 3 4.67 to 5.80 inclusive 6.27 4 5.81 to 7.44 inclusive 8.77 5 7.45 to 9.08 inclusive 10.53 6 9.09 to 10.54 inclusive 14.73 7 10.55 to 12.00 inclusive 17.68
10 Section 97 (table)
Repeal the table, substitute:
| Viability supplement equivalent amounts—Category A services | |||
| Item | Degree of isolation of the service | Number of places allocated in respect of the service | Amount ($) |
| 1 | Isolated Remote Area | less than 16 | 30.34 |
| 2 | Isolated Remote Area | more than 15 but less than 30 | 18.66 |
| 3 | Isolated Remote Area | more than 29 | 1.87 |
| 4 | Remote Centre | less than 16 | 14.48 |
| 5 | Remote Centre | more than 15 but less than 30 | 10.29 |
| 6 | Remote Centre | more than 29 | 1.87 |
| 7 | Rural Outside Large Centre | less than 16 | 6.10 |
| 8 | Rural Outside Large Centre | more than 15 but less than 30 | 1.87 |
| 9 | Rural Outside Large Centre | more than 29 | 1.87 |
| 10 | An area not covered by items 1 to 9 | not applicable | 1.87 |
11 Section 98 (table)
Repeal the table, substitute:
Viability supplement equivalent amounts—Category B services Item Score Amount ($) 1 40 1.87 2 50 2.11 3 60 6.10 4 70 10.29 5 80 14.48 6 90 18.66 7 100 30.34
12 Section 99 (table)
Repeal the table, substitute:
Viability supplement equivalent amounts—Category C services Item Score Amount ($) 1 50 4.55 2 55 6.82 3 60 10.21 4 65 12.47 5 70 18.21 6 75 22.69 7 80 28.35 8 85 34.07 9 90 39.73 10 95 44.26 11 100 49.94
13 Section 101 (table)
Repeal the table, substitute:
Concessional resident equivalent amounts Item Region in which multi‑purpose service is located Amount ($) New South Wales 1 Central Coast 11.41 2 Central West 9.77 3 Far North Coast 10.38 4 Hunter 11.51 5 Illawarra 10.62 6 Inner West 11.89 7 Mid North Coast 10.89 8 Nepean 10.59 9 New England 7.01 10 Northern Sydney 6.84 11 Orana Far West 12.80 12 Riverina Murray 11.40 13 South East Sydney 11.08 14 South West Sydney 13.40 15 Southern Highlands 12.00 16 Western Sydney 10.70 Victoria 17 Barwon South Western 6.99 18 Eastern Metro 6.32 19 Gippsland 6.63 20 Grampians 11.67 21 Hume 6.77 22 Loddon‑Mallee 10.79 23 Northern Metro 10.70 24 Southern Metro 6.97 25 Western Metro 6.92 Queensland 26 Brisbane North 10.42 27 Brisbane South 11.15 28 Cabool 11.20 29 Central West 9.77 30 Darling Downs 12.03 31 Far North 10.44 32 Fitzroy 6.12 33 Logan River Valley 12.19 34 Mackay 10.45 35 North West 15.29 36 Northern 10.16 37 South Coast 11.51 38 South West 10.45 39 Sunshine Coast 7.05 40 West Moreton 11.69 41 Wide Bay 10.67 South Australia 42 Eyre Peninsula 13.87 43 Hills, Mallee and Southern 12.15 44 Metropolitan East 11.20 45 Metropolitan North 11.38 46 Metropolitan South 11.45 47 Metropolitan West 12.53 48 Mid North 11.42 49 Riverland 12.67 50 South East 11.25 51 Whyalla, Flinders and Far North 11.56 52 Yorke Lower North and Barossa 11.90 Western Australia 53 Goldfields 6.12 54 Great Southern 6.94 55 Kimberley 14.95 56 Metropolitan East 11.20 57 Metropolitan North 11.38 58 Metropolitan South East 11.45 59 Metropolitan South West 12.53 60 Mid West 13.65 61 Pilbara 14.70 62 South West 10.45 63 Wheatbelt 10.74 Tasmania 64 North Western 11.04 65 Northern 10.16 66 Southern 11.54 Northern Territory 67 Alice Springs 16.78 68 Barkly 19.21 69 Darwin 14.43 70 East Arnhem 19.21 71 Katherine 10.44 Australian Capital Territory 72 Australian Capital Territory 11.80
Part 2 – Other Measures
Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014
14 Division 5 of Part 2 of Chapter 2
Repeal the Division
Schedule 2— Residential Care Subsidy for Pre- Entry Leave
Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014
1 Section 10
Repeal the section, substitute:
10 Basic subsidy amount for care recipients on pre‑entry leave
The basic subsidy amount for a day for a care recipient who is on pre‑entry leave is nil.
Note: Pre‑entry leave is defined in subsection 42‑3(3) of the Act.
Schedule 3— Residential Care Subsidy for Pre- Entry Leave after amendments to Aged Care Act 1997
Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014
1 Section 10
Repeal the section.
2 Subsection 52 (4)
Repeal the subsection.
3 Subsection 52 (4) (note)
Repeal the note.
4 Subsection 54 (2)
Repeal the subsection.
5 Subsection 54 (2) (note)
Repeal the note.
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