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Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Qualifying persons - Liability of qualifying person for cost of LTR contracted care: 4 basic rules

19: Liability of person who has not been means assessed

You could also call this:

"Paying for care when your finances haven't been checked yet"

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If you are a qualifying person but have not had your means assessed, this section applies to you. You might not have had your means assessed yet, or you might have had it but the result is not known. In this case, you must pay the maximum contribution until you have been means assessed. You can find more information about this by looking at the related legislation. This rule is part of the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018, which has rules about who pays for care.

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Part 3Qualifying persons
Liability of qualifying person for cost of LTR contracted care: 4 basic rules

19Liability of person who has not been means assessed

  1. This section applies to a person (P) who is a qualifying person except that—

  2. P has not been means assessed; or
    1. if P has been means assessed, the result of the means assessment is not yet known.

      1. P must pay the maximum contribution until P is means assessed.

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