203Available service delivery branch financial year account balance

203  Available service delivery branch financial year account balance

Service delivery branch account

 (1) A notional service delivery branch account for a registered provider for a service delivery branch of the provider is established:

 (a) for the financial year (the first financial year) for which the start day (the initial account start day) included in the first start notification given for any individual (the first individual) for the delivery of ongoing funded aged care services through the service group home support to the individual through the service branch occurs; and

 (b) for each subsequent financial year (unless circumstances prescribed by the rules apply).

Credits—first and second quarters of active operation

 (2) For the first quarter (the first quarter of operation) in the first financial year or the subsequent quarter (the second quarter of operation) the amount referred to in subsection (3) is credited to the account for the financial year in which the quarter occurs in relation to each individual (including the first individual) to whom both of the following apply on a day in the quarter:

 (a) the registered provider gives a start notification for the individual for the classification type ongoing for the service group home support on that day;

 (b) the individual’s start day included in that notification is on or before that day.

 (3) The amount is the sum of:

 (a) the base provider amount for the individual, multiplied by the number of days prescribed by the rules; and

 (b) the amount of any provider‑based supplements that apply to the provider in relation to the individual, multiplied by the number of days prescribed by the rules.

Credits—subsequent quarters

 (4) At the start of the first day of a quarter in a financial year (other than the first quarter of operation or second quarter of operation), the following is credited to the account:

 (a) the sum of the base provider amount for each individual covered by subsection (5) for the quarter, multiplied by the number of days in the quarter;

 (b) the sum of any provider‑based supplements that apply to the provider in relation to an individual covered by subsection (5) for the quarter, multiplied by the number of days in the quarter.

 (5) An individual is covered by this subsection for a quarter (the relevant quarter) if:

 (a) the registered provider has given, at a time in any previous quarter during which the account has existed, a start notification for the individual for the classification type ongoing for the service group home support and that time is before the time (the test time) prescribed by the rules in the quarter immediately before the relevant quarter; and