Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/23/part/1/crossheading/continuity-of-care-and-support-when-adult-moves
Timestamp: 2020-08-09 17:55:36
Document Index: 328995967

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 5', 'art. 2', 'art. 5', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Continuity of care and support when adult moves
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Care Act 2014, Cross Heading: Continuity of care and support when adult moves.
Continuity of care and support when adult movesE+W
37Notification, assessment, etc.E+W
(a)an adult's needs for care and support are being met by a local authority (“the first authority”) under section 18 or 19,
(b)the adult notifies another local authority (“the second authority”) (or that authority is notified on the adult's behalf) that the adult intends to move to the area of the second authority, and
(c)the second authority is satisfied that the adult's intention is genuine.
(a)an adult is not having needs for care and support met under either of those sections but a local authority (“the first authority”) is nonetheless keeping a care account in the adult's case,
(a)an adult's needs for care and support are being met by a local authority (“the first authority”) under section 18 or 19 by the first authority arranging for the provision of accommodation in the area of another local authority (“the second authority”),
(b)the adult notifies the second authority (or that authority is notified on the adult's behalf) that the adult intends to move out of that accommodation but to remain, and be provided with care and support at home or in the community, in its area, and
(c)in a case within subsection (2), a copy of the most recent needs assessment in the adult's case,
(d)if the first authority has been keeping a care account in the adult's case, a copy of that account,
(e)if the adult has a carer and that carer is to continue as the adult's carer after the move, a copy of any support plan prepared for the carer, and
(b)applies to an assessment under subsection (6)(b) as it applies to a carer's assessment.
(9)Pending the adult's move, the first authority must keep in contact with the second authority in order to ascertain the progress that the second authority is making in preparing to meet—
(a)any needs for care and support under section 18 or 19 in the adult's case, and
(b)where the adult is proposing to have a carer immediately after the move, any needs for support under section 20 in the carer's case.
(12)Where the cost to the second authority of meeting the adult's eligible needs is different from the cost to the first authority of doing so, the second authority must provide a written explanation of the difference to—
(a)an adult's needs are “eligible needs” if they meet the eligibility criteria and are not being met by a carer,
C3S. 37 restricted (temp.) (31.3.2020) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 87(2), Sch. 12 para. 12 (with ss. 88-90, Sch. 12 paras. 16, 17); S.I. 2020/388, reg. 2
C4S. 37 modified (31.3.2020) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 87(2), Sch. 12 para. 13(1)-(5) (with Sch. 12 para. 16); S.I. 2020/388, reg. 2
I1S. 37(1) (3) (4) (5)(a) (5)(e) (5)(f) (6)-(15) in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(j) (with art. 5(b)) (and with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)
38Case where assessments not complete on day of moveE+W
(1)If, on the day of the intended move as mentioned in section 37(1)(b), (2)(b) or (3)(b), the second authority has yet to carry out the assessment or assessments under section 37(6), or has done so but has yet to take the other steps required under this Part in the adult's case, it must—
(a)meet the adult's needs for care and support, and the needs for support of any carer who is continuing as the adult's carer, which the first authority has been meeting, and
(b)where the first authority has been keeping a care account in the adult's case, itself keep that account on the same basis as the first authority has been keeping it.
(b)taken the other steps required under this Part in the adult's case.
(3)In deciding how to meet the adult's needs for care and support under subsection (1), the second authority must involve—
(b)any carer who is continuing as the adult's carer, and
(4)In deciding how to meet the needs for support of any carer who is continuing as the adult's carer, the second authority must involve—
(6)The first authority is not required to meet the adult's needs for care and support or, if the adult has a carer, such needs for support as the carer has, for so long as the second authority is subject to the duty under subsection (1).
(7)Where, having complied with the duty under subsection (1), the second authority is not required to meet the adult's needs for care and support under section 18 because the adult is still ordinarily resident in the area of the first authority, the second authority may recover from the first authority the costs it incurs in complying with the duty under subsection (1).
C5S. 38 restricted (temp.) (31.3.2020) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 87(2), Sch. 12 para. 12 (with ss. 88-90, Sch. 12 paras. 16, 17); S.I. 2020/388, reg. 2
C6S. 38(1) modified (31.3.2020) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 87(2), Sch. 12 para. 13(1)(6) (with Sch. 12 para. 16); S.I. 2020/388, reg. 2
I2S. 38(1)(a)(2)-(7) in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(k) (with art. 5(c)) (and with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)
I3S. 38(8) in force at 1.10.2014 for specified purposes by S.I. 2014/2473, art. 2(1)(l)
I4S. 38(8) in force at 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(k)