Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00053:reg:91s
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00053
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 91S
Character Range: 88108–90251

91S  Amount of registered nurse supplement
 (1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 44‑27(3) of the Transitional Provisions Act.
Note: The registered nurse supplement is set out in Subdivision J of Division 8 of Part 3 of Chapter 2 of the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles 2014. Eligibility for the supplement is dealt with in that Subdivision.
 (2) The amount of the registered nurse supplement for a day during a payment period for a care recipient is:

where:
service supplement amount is the service supplement amount for the payment period, determined under subsections (3) and (4), for the residential care service through which residential care is provided to the care recipient.
total service care days is the total number of days of eligible residential care provided in respect of care recipients during the payment period through that residential care service.

Service supplement amount
 (3) Subject to subsection (4), the service supplement amount for a payment period for a residential care service is the sum of the facility amounts, determined under subsections (5) to (6C), for each qualifying facility for the period at which days of eligible residential care are provided in respect of care recipients during the period through that service.
 (4) If, during a payment period, days of eligible residential care are provided in respect of care recipients at a qualifying facility for the period through more than one residential care service, the facility amount for the facility is to be apportioned between the services, in proportion to the number of days of eligible care provided at the facility through each service.

Facility amount—group A facilities in MM category 1
 (5) The facility amount for a payment period, for a group A facility for the period with a street address in the MM category known as MM 1, is the amount set out in the following table for the average daily care count for the facility for the period.

Facility amount—group A facilities in MM category 1
Item                                                 Average daily care count                   Facility amount ($)