Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better)Act 2013 (76 of 2013)

Schedule 3   Amendments commencing on 1 July 2014

Part 1   Amendments

Aged Care Act 1997

261   Clause 1 of Schedule 1

Insert:

continuing care recipient means:

(a) a *continuing residential care recipient; or

(b) a *continuing home care recipient; or

(c) a *continuing flexible care recipient.

continuing flexible care recipient means a person who:

(a) *entered a flexible care service before 1 July 2014; and

(b) has not:

(i) ceased to be provided with flexible care by a flexible care service for a continuous period of more than 28 days (other than because the person is on *leave); or

(ii) before moving to another flexible care service, made a written choice, in accordance with the Fees and Payments Principles, to be covered by Chapters 3 and 3A of this Act in relation to the other service.

continuing home care recipient means a person who:

(a) *entered a home care service before 1 July 2014; and

(b) has not:

(i) ceased to be provided with home care by a home care service for a continuous period of more than 28 days (other than because the person is on*leave); or

(ii) before moving to another home care service, made a written choice, in accordance with the Fees and Payments Principles, to be covered by Chapters 3 and 3A of this Act in relation to the other service.

continuing residential care recipient means a person who:

(a) *entered a residential care service before 1 July 2014; and

(b) has not:

(i) ceased to be provided with residential care by a residential care service for a continuous period of more than 28 days (other than because the person is on *leave); or

(ii) before moving to another residential care service, made a written choice, in accordance with the Fees and Payments Principles, to be covered by Chapters 3 and 3A of this Act in relation to the other service.