Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00143:section:10:p12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00143
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 10 (pt 12/50)
Character Range: 39390–42266

worked out, using the residential care subsidy calculator in section 44‑2, in respect of individual care recipients in the service.

Table of Subdivisions
44‑A Working out the amount of residential care subsidy
44‑B The basic subsidy amount
44‑C Primary supplements
44‑D Reductions in subsidy
44‑E The income test
44‑F Other supplements

Subdivision 44‑A—Working out the amount of residential care subsidy

44‑2  Amount of residential care subsidy
 (1) The amount of *residential care subsidy payable to an approved provider for a residential care service in respect of a *payment period is the amount worked out by adding together the amounts of residential care subsidy for each care recipient:
 (a) to whom the approved provider provided residential care through the residential care service during the period; and
 (b) in respect of whom the approved provider was eligible for residential care subsidy during the period.
 (2) This is how to work out the amount of *residential care subsidy for a care recipient in respect of the *payment period.

      Residential care subsidy calculator
           Step 1. Work out the basic subsidy amount using Subdivision 44‑B.
           Step 2. Add to this amount the amounts of any primary supplements worked out using Subdivision 44‑C.
           Step 3. Subtract the amounts of any reductions in subsidy worked out using Subdivision 44‑D.
           Step 4. Subtract any further reduction worked out by applying the income test under Subdivision 44‑E.
           Step 5. Add the amounts of any other supplements worked out using Subdivision 44‑F.
      The result is the amount of residential care subsidy for the care recipient in respect of the payment period.

Subdivision 44‑B—The basic subsidy amount

44‑3  The basic subsidy amount
 (1) The basic subsidy amount for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period is the sum of all the basic subsidy amounts for the days during the period on which the care recipient was provided with residential care through the residential care service in question.
 (2) The basic subsidy amount for a care recipient for a day is the amount:
 (a) determined by the Minister by legislative instrument; or
 (b) worked out in accordance with a method determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.
 (3) The Minister may determine different amounts (including nil amounts) based on any one or more of the following:
 (a) the kind of residential care service through which residential care is provided to a care recipient;
 (aa) whether a care recipient being provided with residential care has been classified under Part 2.4A of the Aged Care Act 1997;
 (ab) the *classification levels for care recipients who have been classified under that Part;
 (b) whether the residential care being provided is *respite care;
 (c) the times at which a care recipient *entered a residential