Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C01044:reg:28:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C01044
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 28 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 11930–14767

28  Competitive assessment of applications for allocations
 (1) For an allocation of places in respect of residential care subsidy, the Secretary must consider the following matters:
 (a) whether the people who manage, or propose to manage, the aged care service that is providing, or would provide, the care to which the places relate have the necessary expertise and experience to do so;
 (b) if applicable, whether the premises used, or intended to be used, to provide the care to which the places relate are suitably planned and located for the provision of aged care;
 (d) if the applicant has been a provider of aged care—the applicant's:
 (i) conduct as a provider; and
 (ii) compliance with its responsibilities as a provider and its obligations arising from the receipt of any payments from the Commonwealth for providing that aged care;
 (e) if the applicant has relevant key personnel in common with a person who is or has been an approved provider—that person's:
 (i) conduct as a provider of aged care; and
 (ii) compliance with its responsibilities as a provider and its obligations arising from the receipt of any payments from the Commonwealth for providing that aged care;
 (f) the measures that the applicant proposes to implement:
 (i) to protect the rights of care recipients; and
 (ii) for the provision of appropriate care for care recipients who are people with special needs.
 (1A) For an allocation of places in respect of flexible care subsidy for short‑term restorative care, the Secretary must consider the following matters:
 (a) the applicant's demonstrated experience in delivering restorative care that would meet the objectives of the STRC Programme and ensure appropriate outcomes for care recipients;
 (b) if the applicant has been a provider of aged care—whether the applicant has complied with its responsibilities as a provider and its obligations arising from the receipt of any payments from the Commonwealth for providing that aged care;
 (c) the model of service delivery that the applicant proposes to adopt in order to meet the objectives of the STRC Programme, including:
 (i) how the applicant proposes to effectively engage with prospective care recipients, and their carers (if any), to prepare flexible care agreements for the care recipients; and
 (ii) how the applicant proposes to utilise the connections it has to the community in which it proposes to provide short‑term restorative care (including connections to primary care and other service providers) and how these connections will support a multi‑disciplinary approach to care delivery; and
 (iii) how the applicant proposes to deliver short‑term restorative care in a home care setting or a residential care setting, or both a home care setting and a residential care setting; and
 (iv) how the applicant proposes to transition