Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00076:reg:67f:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00076
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 67F (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 84621–87225

67F  Basic subsidy amount—during suspension period
 (1) If the provision of home care to a care recipient is suspended, on a temporary basis, under section 46‑2 of the Transitional Provisions Act, the basic subsidy amount payable for the care recipient in respect of a day during the suspension period is the amount worked out in accordance with subsection (2), (4) or (5) of this section.

Suspension for transition care or hospital treatment
 (2) If the provision of home care is suspended because the care recipient is receiving transition care, or is attending hospital for the purpose of receiving hospital treatment, the amount is the following:
 (a) for up to 28 consecutive days in the suspension period—the amount specified in the table in section 67E for the level of care that is, on the day, the care recipient's level of care as a prioritised home care recipient determined under subsection 23B‑1(1) of the Aged Care Act 1997;
 (b) for a subsequent consecutive day in the suspension period—the amount that is 25% of the amount specified in the table in section 67E for the level of care that is, on the day, the care recipient's level of care as a prioritised home care recipient determined under subsection 23B‑1(1) of the Aged Care Act 1997.
 (3) If a suspension period starts in a financial year and ends in the next financial year, then, for the purpose of calculating the number of consecutive days in subsection (2), the number of days restarts on 1 July of that next financial year.

Suspension for respite care
 (4) If the provision of home care is suspended because the care recipient is receiving respite care for which subsidy is payable to an approved provider, the amount is the following:
 (a) for up to 28 days in a financial year when the provision of home care is suspended because the care recipient is receiving the respite care—the amount specified in the table in section 67E for the level of care that is, on the day, the care recipient's level of care as a prioritised home care recipient determined under subsection 23B‑1(1) of the Aged Care Act 1997;
 (b) for a subsequent day in the financial year when the provision of home care is suspended because the care recipient is receiving the respite care—the amount that is 25% of the amount specified in the table in section 67E for the level of care that is, on the day, the care recipient's level of care as a prioritised home care recipient determined under subsection 23B‑1(1) of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Note: The 28 days referred to in paragraph (a) do not need to be consecutive days.

Suspension for other reason