Aged Care Act 2024

A notional short‑term home support account is established for an individual if an entry day for the individual occurs for the classification type short‑term for the service group home support.

At the start of the day the account is established, the following is credited to the account:

the base individual amount for the individual for the classification type for the service group for that day multiplied by the number of days in the period prescribed by the rules (which must not be longer than the maximum period of effect for the individual’s classification level for the classification type for the service group);

the sum of any primary person‑centred supplements for the classification type for the service group that apply to the individual on that day multiplied by the number of days in the period prescribed by the rules (which must not be longer than the maximum period of effect for the individual’s classification level for the classification type for the service group).

If the circumstances prescribed by the rules apply in relation to the individual, at the start of a day prescribed by the rules the amount prescribed by the rules is credited to the account.

Without limiting subsection (3A), rules made for the purposes of that subsection may provide that the System Governor may determine the amount for the individual in accordance with the rules.

If a determination made by the System Governor under rules made for the purposes of subsection (3A) is made in writing, the determination is not a legislative instrument.

If a primary person‑centred supplement for the classification type for the service group starts to apply to the individual on a day, the account is credited with the amount of that person‑centred supplement for the day multiplied by the remaining days (including that day) in the maximum period of effect for the classification level for the classification type for the service group.

If a claim is made under section 251 for person‑centred subsidy for the delivery of a short‑term funded aged care service to the individual, the account is debited in accordance with section 251B immediately after the claim is approved under subsection 251(4).

To avoid doubt, the time the account is debited may be a time after the end of the relevant period to which the claim relates.

The account ceases in circumstances prescribed by the rules.