Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00104:section:195
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00104
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 195
Character Range: 339603–342165

195  Available short‑term home support account balance

Short‑term home support account
 (1) A notional short‑term home support account is established for an individual if an entry day for the individual occurs for the classification type short‑term for the service group home support.
 (2) The available balance of an individual's notional short‑term home support account at a time is the difference, worked out in accordance with this section, between the sum of the credits that have been made to the account at that time reduced (but not below zero) by the sum of the debits that have been made to the account at that time.

Initial credit
 (3) At the start of the day the account is established, the following is credited to the account:
 (a) the base individual amount for the individual for the classification type for the service group for that day multiplied by the number of days in the maximum period of effect for the individual's classification level for the classification type for the service group;
 (b) the sum of any primary person‑centred supplements for the classification type for the service group that apply to the individual on that day multiplied by the number of days in the maximum period of effect for the individual's classification level for the classification type for the service group.

Credit due to primary person‑centred supplement applying
 (4) If a primary person‑centred supplement for the classification type for the service group starts to apply to the individual on a day, the account is credited at the start of the day with the amount of that person‑centred supplement for the day multiplied by the remaining days (including that day) in the maximum period of effect for the classification level for the classification type for the service group.

Debits
 (5) If one or more claims are made under section 251 for person‑centred subsidy for the delivery of a short‑term funded aged care service to the individual on a day, the account is reduced on that day (but after the start of the day), in the order prescribed by the rules, by the amount worked out at step 1 of the method statement in subsection 192(2) for each of those claims.

Insufficient funds
 (6) If the debiting of an amount in relation to a claim under subsection (5) would result in the account being debited below zero, the claim is taken to be a claim for such lesser amount (including a nil amount) that would not result in the account being debited below zero.

Ceasing of account
 (7) The account ceases in circumstances prescribed by the rules.