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AGED CARE AMENDMENT BILL 1998

1998

THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

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AGED CARE AMENDMENT BILL 1998


SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM


(Amendment to be moved on behalf of the Government)












(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Family Services,
the Hon. Mr Warwick Smith, MP)

AGED CARE AMENDMENT BILL 1998

OUTLINE

This Bill provides a minor procedural amendment to the Aged Care Amendment Bill 1998.

The Aged Care Amendment Bill 1998 amends the Aged Care Act 1997 (the Act) and the Aged Care (Consequential Provisions) Act 1997 by introducing a number of changes in response to concerns of older Australians and addressing some administrative and procedural issues that have become apparent since the commencement of the new legislation on 1 October 1997.

FINANCIAL IMPACT

There is no financial impact.

NOTES ON AMENDMENT

Amendment 1


This Item amends subsection 44-7(3) of the Aged Care Act 1997 which currently states that a person is a concessional resident if a determination has been made that an accommodation bond is not payable due to financial hardship. Accommodation charges are introduced in the Aged Care Amendment Bill 1998.

This Item provides that a reference to section 57A-9 of the Aged Care Amendment Bill 1998 will be included in subsection 44-7(3) of the Aged Care Act 1997. This is to allow a person who has a determination that the payment of an accommodation charge would cause financial hardship, to be a concessional resident.

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