Flexible Care Subsidy Amendment (Various Measures) Principle 2013 (Cth)

Flexible Care Subsidy Amendment (Various Measures) Principle 2013

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

Dated: 8 July 2013

Jacinta Collins

Minister for Mental Health and Ageing

Contents

1............ Name of principle.......................................................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Schedule(s).................................................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Amendments  2

Flexible Care Subsidy Principles 1997  2

1  Name of principle

This principle is the Flexible Care Subsidy Amendment (Various Measures) Principle 2013.

2  Commencement

This principle commences on 1 August 2013.

3  Authority

This principle is made under the Aged Care Act 1997.

4  Schedule(s)

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

Flexible Care Subsidy Principles 1997

1  Section 15.3 (definition of extended aged care at home)

Repeal the definition.

2  Section 15.3

Insert:

major city means one of the major cities of Australia within the meaning of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 5 ‑ Remoteness Structure, July 2011, produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

3  Section 15.3 (note at the end)

Repeal the note, substitute:

Note:          A number of expressions used in these Principles are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a)    flexible care subsidy;

(b)    residential care.

4  Section 15.4

Repeal the section.

5  Chapter 2

Repeal the Chapter.

6  Subparagraph 15.14(3)(b)(v)

Omit “community care”, substitute “home care”.

7  Paragraphs 15.14(4)(a) and (b)

Omit “rural and remote regions”, substitute “an area that is not a major city”.

8  After Division 1 of Part 2 of Chapter 3

Insert:

Division 1A—Circumstances in which flexible care is taken to be provided

15.16A  Purpose of Division (Act, s 50‑1)

This Division sets out circumstances in which an approved provider is taken to provide flexible care.

15.16B  Circumstances

An approved provider is taken to provide flexible care during a day if the provider holds, in respect of that day, an allocated place that is in force under Part 2.2 of the Act (other than a provisional allocation) for the provision of care through a multi‑purpose service.

9  Section 15.22

Omit “(other than consumer directed care)”.

10  Paragraph 15.24(1)(ea)

Repeal the paragraph.

11  Subsection 15.24(1) (example 3 of examples for paragraph (b))

Omit “community care”, substitute “home care”.

12  Subsection 15.24(1) (example for paragraph (c))

Omit “a rural or remote area”; substitute “an area that is not a major city”.

13  Subsection 15.24(2) (definition of alternative care options)

Omit “community care”, substitute “home care”.

14  Subsection 15.24(2) (definition of consumer directed care)

Repeal the definition.