{"id":"F2005L01789","name":"Aged Care Act 1997 - Determination under section 52-1 for flexible care subsidy in respect of Extended Aged Care at Home (ACA Ch. 3 No. 14/2005)","slug":"aged-care-act-1997-determination-under-section-52-1-for-flexible-care-subsidy-in-respect-of-extended","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":35959,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L01789-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Aged Care Act 1997 - Determination under section 52-1 for flexible care subsidy in respect of Extended Aged Care at Home (ACA Ch. 3 No. 14/2005)","content":"AGED CARE ACT 1997\n\nDetermination under section 52-1 for flexible care subsidy in respect of Extended Aged Care at Home\n\nI, JULIE BISHOP, Minister for Ageing, acting under section 52-1(1)(b) of the Aged Care Act 1997 (the Act) REVOKE, section 1 of the Determination ACA Ch.3 17/2004 made on 23 June 2004 in respect of flexible care provided as extended aged care at home and DETERMINE, that the amounts of FLEXIBLE CARE SUBSIDY in respect of flexible care provided as extended aged care at home payable from 1 July 2005 in respect of a day are the amounts worked out in accordance with the method set out below.\n\nIn respect of flexible care provided as extended aged care at home –\n\nBy the method of finding the amount produced as follows:\n\nAs if the flexible care were residential care (not being respite care), provided at the same location to the care recipient in a residential care service for which residential care subsidy was payable in respect of that day –\n\na) Identify basic subsidy amount that would be payable for that day were the care recipient classified at classification level RCS 2;\n\nb) Add the amount equivalent to the amount of the oxygen supplement that would be payable under subsection 44-13(1) of the Act if the care recipient was receiving residential care;\n\nc) Add the amount equivalent to the amount of the enteral feeding supplement that would be payable under subsection 44-14(1) of the Act if the care recipient was receiving residential care.\n\nDated this …Twenty first….……. day of………June………….2005\n\nSigned by\n\nJULIE BISHOP\n\nMinister for Ageing","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1785},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a routine periodic update replacing the 2004 determination, maintaining the same scope of setting subsidy amounts for Extended Aged Care at Home under the existing legislative framework."},"complexity_factors":["Uses counterfactual calculation methodology ('as if' the home care were residential care)","References undefined classification standard 'RCS 2' without explanation","Cross-references to external sections of the parent Act (sections 44-13 and 44-14) for supplement calculations","Assumes knowledge of distinctions between flexible care, residential care, and respite care"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination sets the daily subsidy rates the Australian Government pays approved providers for Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH), enabling high‑need older Australians to remain at home.  \n\nRather than fixed amounts, rates are calculated by reference to the residential nursing home payment for RCS 2 plus applicable oxygen and enteral feeding supplements; it replaces the 2004 rates and applies from 1 July 2005."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/aged-care-act-1997-determination-under-section-52-1-for-flexible-care-subsidy-in-respect-of-extended","history":"/api/acts/aged-care-act-1997-determination-under-section-52-1-for-flexible-care-subsidy-in-respect-of-extended/history","analysis":"/api/acts/aged-care-act-1997-determination-under-section-52-1-for-flexible-care-subsidy-in-respect-of-extended/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/aged-care-act-1997-determination-under-section-52-1-for-flexible-care-subsidy-in-respect-of-extended/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/aged-care-act-1997-determination-under-section-52-1-for-flexible-care-subsidy-in-respect-of-extended/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/aged-care-act-1997-determination-under-section-52-1-for-flexible-care-subsidy-in-respect-of-extended/documents"}}