Residential Care Grant Amendment Principles 2012 (No. 1) (Cth)
Residential Care Grant Amendment Principles 2012 (No. 1)1
Aged Care Act 1997
I, MARK BUTLER, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, make these Principles under section 96‑1 of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Dated 12 Oct 2012
MARK BUTLER
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing
1 Name of Principles
These Principles are the Residential Care Grant Amendment Principles 2012 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
These Principles commence on the day after they are registered.
3 Amendment of Residential Care Grant Principles 1997
Schedule 1 amends the Residential Care Grant Principles 1997.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(section 3)
[1] Section 20.3, definition of remote location
omit
[2] Section 20.3, after definition of Act
insert
major city has the meaning given by the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) July 2006 Remoteness Structure prepared by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
[3] Section 20.3, boxed note
after
·approved provider
insert
·authority of a State or Territory
[4] Section 20.4
substitute
20.4 Purpose of Division (Act, subparagraph 72-2(a)(ii))
This Division specifies additional kinds of people for the criteria for allocation of residential care grants.
[5] Subsection 20.5
substitute
20.5 Additional kinds of people
The following additional kinds of people are specified:
(a) people who live in a location where there is a demonstrated need for additional residential care services are specified;
(b) people who do not live in a major city are specified.
[6] Section 20.6
substitute
20.6 Purpose of Division (Act, paragraph 72‑2 (b))
An allocation of a residential care grant to an approved provider must also meet the criteria mentioned in this Division.
[7] Section 20.7
substitute
20.7Other criteria for allocations
The Secretary must be satisfied that the applicant:
(a)has demonstrated its on-going financial and organisational viability; and
(b)has demonstrated that it does not have the capacity to fund all or part of the project without a residential care grant; and
(c)is not a State or Territory or an authority of a State or Territory; and
(d)if the applicant is, or has been, a provider of aged care for which any payment was or is payable under a law of the Commonwealth, the applicant has a very good record of, or a demonstrated commitment to improvement in respect of:
(i) its conduct as such a provider; and
(ii) compliance with its responsibilities as such a provider; and
(iii) meeting its obligations arising from receipt of any payment
from the Commonwealth for providing aged care.
[8] Section 20.7B
substitute
20.7B Other matters to be considered
The Secretary must consider:
(a) the extent to which the project would meet the needs of care recipients affected by dementia; and
(b) whether the project would provide high quality accommodation for care recipients; and
(c) whether the project would provide significantly improved operational efficiency; and
(d) the adequacy of any arrangements that are proposed for the care of care recipients or other residents while the project is being carried out.
[9] Section 20.7C
omit
[10] Section 20.7D
omit
[11] Section 20.7F
substitute
20.7F Priority for certain residential care grants
(1) The Secretary must ensure, as far as practicable, that priority is given to grants for projects that meet the requirements of subsection (3) or (4).
(2) Subsection (1) does not require the Secretary to allocate a grant to any approved provider.
(3) A project meets the requirements of this subsection if the project is to meet an urgent need for building, rebuilding, renovation or restoration work to be carried out in order to improve or maintain access to residential care, including meeting changing care needs arising from the increased frailty of care recipients and the increased prevalence of dementia.
(4) A project meets the requirements of this subsection if the project offers the Commonwealth the best value for money compared with other projects for which applications for residential care grants have been made.
Note
1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See
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