Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (45 of 2025)

Schedule 1   Amendment of the Aged Care Act 2024

Part 1   Amendments commencing immediately after the commencement of the Aged Care Act 2024

Aged Care Act 2024

132   Subsections 226E(7), (8) and (9)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

Debits for claims

(7) If a claim is made under section 251 for person-centred subsidy for the delivery of a funded aged care service to the individual on a day, the account is debited (if at all) in accordance with section 251B immediately after the claim is approved under subsection 251(4).

Debit to zero in prescribed circumstances

(8) If circumstances prescribed by the rules apply to the individual on a day, the account is reduced to zero on that day.

Ceasing of account

(9) The account ceases in the circumstances prescribed by the rules.