Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744:reg:18:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 18 (pt 4/47)
Character Range: 183983–186861

person is not suitable for a relevant service, it shall inform the entitled person accordingly and give reasons for its decision.

    (2) Where under 7.3A.1(1) the Commission decides that an entitled person is suitable for a relevant service, it shall:

              (a) determine the type, duration and frequency of the service;
              (b) in the case of a Home Care service (category A) or a Home Care service (category C) — allocate responsibility for providing the service to an appropriate approved provider; and
              (c ) in the case of a Home Care service (category B) — provide the service.

    Note (1): in practice the Commission may delegate its power to assess a person's suitability for a service to contractors (called VHC assessment agency).

    Note (2): The Commission may also delegate its power to allocate the task of providing any "category A or C service" to contractors (called a VHC assessment agency).

    Note (3): The Commission may delegate its power to provide a Home Care service (category B) to a contractor (e.g. an instrumentality of a State or Territory).

    Note (4): Contractors may, in turn, sub‑contract the responsibility to provide a relevant service.

               7.3A.4A An approved provider may provide a Home Care service (category A), a Home Care service (category B) or a Home Care service (category C) to an entitled person.

7.3A.5 The Commission may accept financial responsibility for the provision of a Home Care service (category A) to an entitled person by an approved provider if the service is supplied:

           (i) in accordance with the arrangement between the approved provider and the Commission; and

         (ii) in accordance with the terms of a decision under paragraph 7.3A.1(1) that the entitled person is suitable for the service; and

    (iii) in accordance with the Principles.

7.3A.6  The Commission may accept financial responsibility for the provision of a Home Care service (category B) to an entitled person by the Commission.

    Note: in practice the Commission may delegate its power to assess "Home Care need" to a contractor and may delegate its power to supply a Home Care service (category B) to a contractor.  Those contractors may, in turn, sub‑contract the obligation to supply the relevant services.

    7.3A.6B The Commission may accept financial responsibility for the provision of a Home Care service (category C) to an entitled person by an approved provider, for a period of care provided by a general practitioner to the entitled person under the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program, if:

           (1) the approved provider has an arrangement with the Commission or the Department to provide a Home Care service (category A) or Home Care service (category B) to an entitled person; and

           (2) the service has been requested for the person by a