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AGED CARE ACT 1997 - SECT 52G.2

Rules about charging accommodation payments

    The rules for charging * accommodation payment for a residential care service or * eligible flexible care service are as follows:

  (a)   a person must not be charged an accommodation payment unless:

  (i)   the person's * means tested amount, at the date the person * enters the service, is equal to or greater than the * maximum accommodation supplement amount for that day; or

  (ii)   the person has not provided sufficient information to allow the person's means tested amount to be worked out;

  (b)   an accommodation payment must not be charged for * respite care;

  (c)   an accommodation payment must not exceed the maximum amount determined by the Minister under section   52G - 3, or such higher amount as approved by the * Pricing Authority under section   52G - 4;

  (d)   an accommodation payment must not be charged by an approved provider if:

  (i)   a sanction has been imposed on the provider under section   63N of the * Quality and Safety Commission Act; and

  (ii)   the sanction prohibits the charging of an accommodation payment for the service;

  (e)   an approved provider must comply with:

  (i)   the rules set out in this Division; and

  (ii)   any rules about charging accommodation payments specified in the Fees and Payments Principles.


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