Aged Care Act 2024

A prioritisation assessment for the purposes of determining an individual’s priority category for a classification type for a service group must be undertaken if:

during an aged care needs assessment for the individual under section 62, the approved needs assessor considers the classification type for the service group should be approved for the individual under subsection 65(2); and

the classification type for the service group is:

ongoing for home support; or

ongoing or short‑term for assistive technology; or

short‑term for home modifications; or

ongoing for residential care.

Despite subsection (1), a prioritisation assessment is not required to be undertaken in relation to an individual for a classification type for a service group if:

the classification type for the service group is ongoing for home support; and

the circumstances prescribed by the rules apply.