Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744:front:0:p59
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 158869–162180

the condition is contributed to by frailty, age and/or social isolation factors;

                                (dd) there are limitations in self management and monitoring;
                  and:

                      (ii)  needs which require a treatment regimen that involves one or more of the following complexities of ongoing care:

                      (aa)  multiple care providers;
                                (bb)  complex medication regimen;

                      (cc) frequent monitoring and  review;

                                (dd) support with self management and self monitoring.

                     (2) the entitled person is eligible for treatment under the Act:

            (a) as  a Gold Card holder; or

             (b) as a White Card holder with an accepted mental health  condition; and

                   (3) the person is an Australian resident and living in Australia; and

         (4) the person has consented to participation in the program and the admitting general practitioner has recorded the consent (which may be an electronic record); and

                    Note: under the Notes for Coordinated Veterans' Care Program Providers the general practitioner is to store the consent.

                   (5) the general practitioner treating the person has prepared, in consultation with the person, a Comprehensive Care Plan; and

                   (6) the general practitioner admits the person to the program by making a decision to that effect and keeping a record of it.

         6A.6 Ineligibility for participation in the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program (program) and for Coordinated Veterans' Care Program Treatment and GP Home Care service (category C) Referral under the program

               6A.6.1 An entitled person is ineligible to be admitted to the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program (Program) by a general practitioner for the person if any one of the following applies to the person:

                          (a) the person is receiving residential care; or
                             Note: receiving residential care (respite) does not disentitle a person to participation in the program.

                            (b) the person has been diagnosed by a medical practitioner as having a condition that, in the opinion of the general practitioner, would be likely to be terminal within 12 months after the person is admitted to the program, if the person were to be admitted; or

                   (c) the person is participating in a Department of Health Transition Care Program.

                     6A.6.2 An entitled person is not eligible for a subsequent period of care by a general practitioner under the Program if immediately before the commencement of the potential period of care the matters in (a) or (c) of 6A.6.1 apply to the person.

                    Note: the period of a period of care by a general practitioner is set out in the Notes for Coordinated Veterans' Care Program Providers and is a period of 3 months.

         6A.7 Date of Admission for Participation in the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program

               6A.7.1 Subject to 6A.3 and 6A.6, treatment of an entitled person under the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program (program) commences on the admission day for the person and continues