Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744:front:0:p60
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744
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Character Range: 161902–164961

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 throughout any period of care provided by a general practitioner to the entitled person under the program.

    Note: treatment under the program provided by a practice nurse, community nurse or Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care worker can only occur during a period of care provided by a general practitioner under the program.

                   6A.8 GP Home Care service (category C) Referral

    6A.8.1 A general practitioner treating an entitled person under the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program may decide the person would benefit from a Home Care service (category C) and may refer the person to a VHC assessment agency for an assessment as to the person's suitability for the service and, depending on the outcome, the agency may allocate responsibility for providing the Home Care service (category C) to an approved provider.  The referral is treatment known as: GP Home Care service (category C) Referral.

    Note: for the purposes of 7.3A.1(1)(a)(iii) the referral to a VHC assessment agency is also taken to be a referral to the Commission.

    6A.8.2 The general practitioner may provide a GP Home Care service (category C) Referral for an entitled person if:

       (1) the person is admitted to the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program;  and

    (2) in the opinion of the general practitioner:

              (a) the person has a limited or inadequate social support network and could reasonably be at risk of hospitalisation for a condition in 6A.5.1(1)(a) because of that social situation; and

               (b) the risk of the person being hospitalised for a condition in 6A.5.1(1)(a) may be significantly reduced if the person received a Home Care service (category C).

           Note: a referral must comply with the requirements in the definition of Home Care service (category C) Referral.

                   6A.9 Procedures under the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program.

               6A.9.1 A general practitioner may medically assess an entitled person the general practitioner is treating to determine if the person would benefit from participation in the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program (Program).

               6A.9.2 If the general practitioner decides the entitled person would benefit from participation in the program, and the person is entitled to participate in the program, then the general practitioner is to inform the entitled person that the person's participation in the program is conditional upon the person consenting to personal information about the person that is relevant to the person's treatment under the program being provided to bodies such as:

               the Department;

               Contractors to the Department who provide services related to the administration of the