{"id":"F2006L02136","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Ch. 3 No. 10/2006)","slug":"f2006l02136","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":334568,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L02136-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Aged Care Act 1997 - Determination under section 52-1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. 10/2006)","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, SANTO SANTORO, 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 22/2005 made on 8 December 2005 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 2006 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 28th day of June 2006\n\nSigned by\n\nSANTO SANTORO\n\nMinister for Ageing","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2186},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Determination performs its core function of setting subsidy rates for Extended Aged Care at Home. It updates the amounts by revoking the previous annual determination and maintaining the same methodological approach (RCS 2 shadow pricing) for the new period, without expanding into new policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Uses hypothetical calculation method ('as if' the flexible care were residential care)","Requires external knowledge of the RCS (Residential Classification Scale) classification system","Cross-references to three specific sections of the parent Act (sections 52-1, 44-13, and 44-14)","Depends on subsidy rates defined in separate legislative instruments (oxygen and enteral feeding supplements)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination sets the daily government subsidy for Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH) by \"shadow pricing\" home-based high‑level nursing: it bases the payment on what a person would attract in an RCS 2 residential placement plus oxygen and enteral‑feeding supplements. It affects aged‑care providers delivering intensive home care and aims to keep funding parity with facility care so high‑needs clients can be supported at home."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2006l02136","history":"/api/acts/f2006l02136/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2006l02136/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2006l02136/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2006l02136/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2006l02136/documents"}}