Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00074:reg:21cb
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00074
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 21CB
Character Range: 63204–65825

21CB  Meaning of care recipient portion
 (1) The care recipient portion of a care recipient's unspent home care amount in respect of a payment period is worked out as follows.

      Care recipient portion calculator
           Step 1. Identify the amount of the care recipient portion of the care recipient's unspent home care amount in respect of the previous payment period.
           Step 2. Add the amount (if any) of the care recipient portion of the care recipient's unspent home care amount paid to the approved provider providing the care recipient with home care in the payment period (the current provider) by another approved provider under subsection 21F(2) or 37(2).
           Step 3. Add the amount (if any) of the care recipient's implementation date unpaid fees paid in the payment period by the care recipient to the current provider.
           Step 4. Add the amount (if any) by which the available home care fees amount for the care recipient in respect of the payment period (if any) exceeds the total amount worked out under step 3 of the calculator in section 99B of the Subsidy Principles 2014.
           This is the base care recipient portion for the payment period.
           Step 5. If section 21CC applies, subtract the amount of the first difference amount under that section. If the result is negative, the amount is taken to be nil.
           Step 6. If the current provider ceases to provide home care to the care recipient on a day in the payment period and Subdivision D applies, subtract the amount of any home care fees that are payable by the care recipient to the current provider, but have not been paid. If the result is negative, the amount is taken to be nil.
      The amount (including a nil amount) worked out under step 6 is the care recipient portion of the care recipient's unspent home care amount in respect of the payment period.

Care recipient portion for payment period ending immediately before 1 September 2021
 (2) For the purposes of step 1, the amount of the care recipient portion for the payment period ending immediately before 1 September 2021 is:
 (a) for an ongoing home care recipient—the implementation date care recipient portion of the care recipient; and
 (b) for any other care recipient—nil.

Care recipient portion for previous payment period for new care recipients
 (3) For the purposes of step 1, if a care recipient first began receiving home care from an approved provider in a payment period, the amount of the care recipient portion of the care recipient's unspent home care amount in respect of the previous payment period is nil.