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Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Means assessment

32: Who may apply for means assessment

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"Who can ask for a means assessment to get help with care costs"

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You can apply for a means assessment if you have been positively needs assessed. You need to apply to the Ministry of Social Development, or MSD, using their form. You also need to give them any extra information they need to finish the assessment.

When you apply, you must use the form provided by MSD for this purpose. You have to supply any supporting evidence or information that MSD reasonably requires. This is so MSD can complete your means assessment.

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Part 6Means assessment

32Who may apply for means assessment

  1. A person who has been positively needs assessed may apply to MSD for a means assessment.

  2. An application for a means assessment must be made on a form provided for the purpose by MSD and the applicant must supply any supporting evidence or information that is reasonably required by MSD to complete the assessment.

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