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NATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1996 NO. 46

STATUTORY RULES 1996 No. 46

Issued by Authority of the Minister for Family Services

National Health Act 1953

National Health Regulations (Amendment)

Subsection 140(1) of the National Health Act 1953 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, prescribing all matters which by the Act are required or permitted to be prescribed.

Regulation 5 of the National Health Regulations provides that a nursing home specified in Schedule 5 is an adjusted fee government nursing home for the purposes of Section 4AAAA of the Act.

Most government nursing homes have previously been prescribed by regulation as adjusted fee government nursing homes for the purposes of Section 4AAAA of the Act. Adjusted fee government nursing homes receive funding on a similar basis to non-government nursing homes, except that the level of funding provided for infrastructure costs excludes provision for a return on investment. This proposed amended regulation will remove three nursing homes previously prescribed as adjusted fee government nursing homes in Victoria. It is proposed to provide full funding for these three homes run by the Victorian Association for the Blind. Compensating changes have been negotiated to allow this to be done in a cost neutral way. The proposed amendment will also reflect a change of name for two nursing homes, a change of name and address for one nursing home and a change of name and approval number for one nursing home. Details of these amendments are contained in the attachment.

The regulations commenced on 1 May 1996.