Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00074:reg:16:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00074
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 16 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 33134–35852

16  Purpose of this Part
 (1) For section 56‑2 of the Act, this Part specifies responsibilities of an approved provider in relation to care recipients to whom the approved provider provides, or is to provide, home care through a home care service, including in relation to the following:
 (a) the security of tenure that the provider must provide to care recipients receiving home care through the service (see paragraph 56‑2(f) of the Act);
 (b) the access that an advocate may have to the service (see paragraph 56‑2(j) of the Act);
 (c) the rights of care recipients (see paragraph 56‑2(k) of the Act);
 (caa) not acting inconsistently with the legal and consumer rights of care recipients (see paragraph 56‑2(k) of the Act);
 (cab) preventing the provider from causing damage to the care recipient's home and other property (see paragraph 56‑2(l) of the Act);
 (cac) providing such information as is reasonably necessary to assist care recipients to choose the best possible care and services (see paragraph 56‑2(l) of the Act);
 (cad) the written plan of care and services that the provider must give care recipients within a specified period of time (see paragraph 56‑2(l) of the Act);
 (cae) the provision of invoices that are clear and in a format that is understandable (see paragraph 56‑2(l) of the Act);
 (caf) the review of home care fees, both periodically and on request by a care recipient (see paragraph 56‑2(l) of the Act);
 (ca) the information the provider must give the Secretary about prices and fees for providing care and services (see paragraph 56‑2(l) of the Act);
 (d) the information the provider must give care recipients (see paragraph 56‑2(l) of the Act);
 (e) the prices and fees that the approved provider may charge care recipients for providing care and services (see paragraphs 56‑2(ab) and (l) of the Act).
 (2) This Part also specifies:
 (a) for paragraphs 46‑1(1)(f) and 56‑2(l) of the Act and paragraph 46‑1(1)(f) of the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997, the responsibilities of an approved provider of home care in relation to care recipients to whom the approved provider provides, or has provided, home care in dealing with the care recipients' unspent home care amounts; and
 (aa) for the purposes of step 1A of the shortfall amount calculator in subsection 48‑13(1) of the Act, how an approved provider may elect to return the Commonwealth portion of a care recipient's unspent home care amount to the Commonwealth; and
 (b) for subsection 61‑1(2) of the Act, requirements that a home care agreement entered into between a care recipient and an approved provider must comply with; and
 (c) for clause 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act, and clause 1 of Schedule 1 to the