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Part 6.8—Home care assurance reviews

Division 95BA—Home care assurance reviews

95BA‑1  Home care assurance reviews
  The Secretary may from time to time conduct reviews (assurance reviews) for the purposes of:
 (a) assuring that arrangements for the delivery and administration of home care are effective and efficient; and
 (b) informing development of home care policy and education of approved providers in relation to home care and home care services.

95BA‑2  Scope of assurance reviews
 (1) The Secretary may, in writing, specify terms of reference for an *assurance review, including:
 (a) the approved providers, or class or classes of approved providers, to which the review is to relate; and
 (b) the subject matter of the review.
 (2) The subject matter of the review may be any or all of the following matters, so far as they relate to home care services undertaken by approved providers and the home care provided through those services:
 (a) how approved providers are using *home care subsidy and charging for home care, including justifications for amounts charged to care recipients;
 (b) how approved providers are structuring their financial accounting for home care services;
 (c) the nature and type of home care provided by approved providers;
 (d) the nature and type of approved providers' dealings with care recipients to whom home care is provided;
 (e) any other matters the Secretary considers relate to the purposes set out in section 95BA‑1;
 (f) approved providers' procedures and documentation in relation to matters mentioned in any of the above paragraphs.

95BA‑3  Reports on assurance reviews

Reports for publication
 (1) The Secretary may prepare and publish reports on *assurance reviews, dealing with any findings, conclusions or recommendations made as a result of the reviews.
 (2) A report under subsection (1) must not include *personal information.

Other reports
 (3) The Secretary may prepare a report on any particular *assurance review, dealing with any findings, conclusions or recommendations made as a result of the review.
 (4) If the Secretary prepares a report under subsection (3), the Secretary may give a copy of the report to any approved provider to which the review relates.

95BA‑4  Assistance in conducting and reporting on assurance reviews
 (1) The Secretary may be assisted in the conduct of *assurance reviews and the preparation of any reports on the reviews by:
 (a) APS employees in the Department; or
 (b) persons engaged under contract by the Secretary to assist in the exercise of the power and any of their employees who are providing that assistance.
 (2) However, the power to give an approved provider a notice under section 95BA‑5 (notice to give information or documents) or 95BA‑6 (notice to answer questions) may not be