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2019-2020
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Improved Home Care Payment Administration No. 2) Bill 2020
(Government)
(1) Schedule 1, item 2, page 4 (line 6), omit “This is the unadjusted subsidy amount .”.
[amount of home care subsidy]
(2) Schedule 1, item 2, page 4 (lines 7 to 9), omit the paragraph beginning “Step 6” in subsection 48-1(2).
[amount of home care subsidy]
(3) Schedule 1, item 2, page 4 (lines 10 to 12), omit the paragraph beginning “The result is” in subsection 48-1(2), substitute:
This is the amount of home care subsidy for the care recipient in respect of the * payment period.
[amount of home care subsidy]
(4) Schedule 1, item 2, page 4 (lines 21 to 24), omit subsection 48-1(4).
[amount of home care subsidy]
(5) Schedule 1, item 7, page 6 (after line 8), after the paragraph beginning “Step 1” in subsection 48-13(1), insert:
Step 1A. If, in accordance with the User Rights Principles, the approved provider elects to return the * Commonwealth portion of the care recipient’s * unspent home care amount to the Commonwealth, reduce the price by the amount of the Commonwealth portion available at the end of the previous * payment period, up to 100% of the price.
[shortfall amount]
(6) Schedule 1, item 7, page 8 (table item 1, column headed “a debit of ...”), omit “(unadjusted subsidy amount)”.
[home care debits]