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HACC Review Agreement (National Partnership) service ;or
            (ii) a Commonwealth Home Support Programme service other than such a service that would satisfy the description of a HACC Review Agreement (National Partnership) service; or
          (ii) both services in (i) and (ii);

        but does not mean the provision of treatment pursuant to the Veterans' Home Care Program that would satisfy the description of an excluded service; or

        (b) for an entitled person in a State or Territory at a time when the Commonwealth Home Support Programme service in the State or Territory in which the person is in includes a service that would satisfy the description of a HACC Review Agreement (National Partnership) service — the provision of treatment to the person pursuant to the Veterans' Home Care Program that would satisfy the description of a Commonwealth Home Support Programme service but does not mean the provision of treatment pursuant to the Veterans' Home Care Program that would satisfy the description of an excluded service.

        Note 1: as at 1 July 2015 some services under the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) (generally speaking CHSP services are a Home Care service (category B)) were not provided in Victoria or Western Australia.  The services in question are known as "HACC services".  HACC services are home or community care services that were originally provided under agreements under the Home and Community Care Act 1985 (the HACC Act) except in Victoria and Western Australia where similar services were provided under Bilateral Agreements with the Commonwealth Government. At or about 2008/2009 HACC services in States/Territories (except Victoria/Western Australia) were provided under agreements known as "National Partnership Agreements".  The National Partnership Agreements were made under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations of 2008 and the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.  In short, the original agreements under the HACC Act were deemed to be National Partnership Agreements and the HACC Act was rendered obsolete. On 1 July 2015, in all States/Territories except Victoria/Western Australia, HACC services ceased being provided under National Partnership Agreements and were provided under CHSP. However as at 1 July 2015 HACC‑type services in Victoria/Western Australia continued to be provided under the Bilateral Agreements between those States and the Commonwealth.

        Note 2: the intention of paragraph (a) of this definition is to enable the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) to pay for HACC services for an entitled person in Victoria and Western Australia in addition to paying for services for the person under the Commonwealth Home Support Programme service until the Commonwealth Home Support Programme applies fully in those States and includes the HACC services.  The intention in paragraph (b) of this definition is that where the Commonwealth Home Support Programme operates