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Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Means assessment

33: MSD must arrange for means assessment

You could also call this:

"MSD must check how much money you have when you apply for help."

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When you apply for something, MSD must arrange for a means assessment to happen as soon as possible after they get your application. MSD is in charge of making sure this assessment happens quickly. You can find more information about this by looking at the link to a related law from 1964.

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

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"Checking what you own to work out how much you have for care and support"

Part 6Means assessment

33MSD must arrange for means assessment

  1. MSD must arrange for a means assessment to be conducted as soon as practicable after receiving an application.

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