Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00104:section:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00104
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 9
Character Range: 88770–90853

9  Funded aged care services and who they are delivered to
 (1) A funded aged care service means a service included on the list referred to in subsection 8(1) delivered to an individual who can access the service through a service group as referred to in subsection (2) of this section and for which funding is paid under this Act.
 (2) An individual can access a funded aged care service through a service group if:
 (a) the individual makes an application for access to funded aged care services under section 56; and
 (b) the System Governor makes an eligibility determination for the individual and that determination is in effect; and
 (c) the individual undergoes an aged care needs assessment; and
 (d) an access approval that covers the service is in effect for the individual; and
 (e) a classification decision establishing a classification level in a classification type for the service group is in effect for the individual; and
 (f) if a priority category decision is required under section 86 for the classification type for the service group—such a decision under section 86 has been made for the individual for the classification type for the service group; and
 (g) if the classification type for the service group or the classification level in the classification type for the service group is one for which the System Governor must allocate the individual a place under Division 1 of Part 5 of Chapter 2—a place has been allocated to the individual under that Division for that classification type, or classification level in that classification type, for the service group; and
 (h) if accessing the service under a specialist aged care program for which the System Governor must allocate the registered provider a place under Division 2 of Part 5 of Chapter 2—a place has been allocated to the registered provider under that Division and is in effect.
Note: Depending on what the funded aged care service is and the kind of registered provider that delivers the service, the Commonwealth funding of the service may be through a subsidy or grant under this Act.