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Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Home-based disability support services

64: Assessment must state date and payments and be given to person

You could also call this:

"Your disability support assessment must include the date and costs, and be given to you."

Illustration for Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

When you get an assessment from the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) for home-based disability support services, it must include the date of the assessment and the amount you need to pay. The MSD must give you this assessment. You can compare this to the previous law for more information.

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Part 8Home-based disability support services

64Assessment must state date and payments and be given to person

  1. Each assessment made by MSD under this Part—

  2. must state the date of the assessment and the amount that the person has been assessed as being required to pay; and
    1. must be given by MSD to that person.

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