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Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Funding and funder’s liability - Maximum contribution

53: Determination of maximum contribution

You could also call this:

"How much you can be charged for rest-home care in your area"

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The Director-General of Health must decide the maximum amount of money that can be paid for rest-home-level care services in each region. You can think of this maximum amount as the agreed price that funders will pay to providers for these services in that region. This amount is agreed at a national level between people who represent the funders and people who represent the providers.

If the agreed amount for a region is less than $636, then the maximum amount for that region will be $636. The Director-General of Health must publish this information on the Ministry of Health's website and in the Gazette as soon as possible.

When the notice is amended, it must be published again on the Ministry of Health's website, and it must show the current information, including any changes made up to a certain date. The notice is considered a disallowable instrument under the Legislation Act 2012, which means it must be presented to the House of Representatives, and you can find more information about this in the Legislation Act 2012.

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Part 7Funding and funder’s liability
Maximum contribution

53Determination of maximum contribution

  1. The Director-General of Health must, by written notice, determine the maximum contribution that applies in each region.

  2. By way of explanation, the maximum contribution that applies in a region is the amount agreed at a national level between funder representatives and provider representatives as being the amount that funders in that region are to pay to providers in that region for providing rest-home-level care services.

  3. However, if the amount identified under subsection (2) for a region is less than $636, the maximum contribution for that region must be set at $636.

  4. A notice given under this section—

  5. must, as soon as practicable after it is given, be—
    1. published on an Internet site administered by or on behalf of the Ministry of Health; and
      1. notified in the Gazette; and
      2. must, each time it is amended without also being replaced, also as soon as practicable after it is amended, be published—
        1. on an Internet site administered by or on behalf of the Ministry of Health; and
          1. current as at a stated date; and
            1. incorporating amendments up to that date; and
            2. is not a legislative instrument, but is a disallowable instrument, for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2012, and must be presented to the House of Representatives under section 41 of that Act.

              1. A notification in the Gazette for the purpose of subsection (4)(a)(ii) does not have to include the text of the notice.

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