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

36   After subsection 82(1)

Insert:

Short-term funded aged care services delivered through service group home modifications

(1A) An individual may make an application for a classification assessment for the individual for the classification type short-term for the service group home modifications if:

(a) the individual has the classification type short-term for the service group in effect; and

(b) the individual considers a different classification level in the classification type for the service group should be approved for the individual; and

(c) the funded aged care services are not being delivered under a specialist aged care program; and

(d) the System Governor considers circumstances (if any) prescribed by the rules apply.