Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00170:clause:3_142:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00170
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 142 (pt 1/8)
Character Range: 93804–96553

142  Section 48‑1
Repeal the section, substitute:

48‑1  Amount of home care subsidy
 (1) The amount of *home care subsidy payable to an approved provider for a home care service in respect of a *payment period is the amount worked out by adding together the amounts of home care subsidy for each care recipient:
 (a) in respect of whom there is in force a *home care agreement for provision of home care provided through the service during the period; and
 (b) in respect of whom the approved provider was eligible for home care subsidy during the period.
 (2) This is how to work out the amount of *home care subsidy for a care recipient in respect of the *payment period.

      Home care subsidy calculator
           Step 1. Work out the basic subsidy amount using section 48‑2.
           Step 2. Add to this amount the amounts of any primary supplements worked out using section 48‑3.
           Step 3. Subtract the amounts of any reductions in subsidy worked out using section 48‑4.
           Step 4. Add the amounts of any other supplements worked out using section 48‑9.
      The result is the amount of home care subsidy for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period.

48‑2  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 home care through the home care service in question.
 (2) The basic subsidy amount for a day is the amount 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 levels for care recipients being provided with home care;
 (b) any other matters specified in the Subsidy Principles;
 (c) any other matters determined by the Minister.

48‑3  Primary supplements
 (1) The primary supplements for the care recipient under step 2 of the home care subsidy calculator are such of the following primary supplements as apply to the care recipient in respect of the *payment period:
 (a) the following primary supplements as set out in the Subsidy Principles:
 (i) the oxygen supplement;
 (ii) the enteral feeding supplement;
 (iii) the dementia and cognition supplement;
 (iv) the veterans' supplement;
 (v) the workforce supplement;
 (b) any other primary supplement set out in the Subsidy Principles for the purposes of this paragraph.
 (2) The Subsidy Principles may specify, in respect of each primary supplement, the circumstances in which the supplement will apply to a care recipient in respect of a *payment period.
 (3) The Minister may determine by legislative instrument, in respect of each