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

Schedule 5   Release of 20,000 home care packages

Aged Care Act 1997

1   At the end of section 23B-1

Add:

(7) The Secretary must make such determinations under subsection (1) as are necessary to ensure that before the commencement of the Aged Care Act 2024 there are available and released to recipients a number of home care packages under the Australian Government framework known as the National Priority System that is equal to or greater than the number worked out as follows:

(a) the number of such home care packages available and released to recipients immediately before the commencement of this subsection; plus

(b) 20,000 such home care packages.