220Available home modifications account balance

220  Available home modifications account balance

 (1) A notional home modifications account is established for the period (the account period) prescribed by the rules for an individual if an entry day for the individual occurs for the short‑term classification type for the service group home modifications.

 (1A) Without limiting subsection (1), rules made for the purposes of that subsection may provide that the System Governor may determine the account period for the individual in accordance with the rules.

Credit to account

 (3) At the start of the day the account is established, the account is credited with the individual’s tier amount for the account period.

 (4) If a primary person‑centred supplement for the classification type for the service group applies to the individual on the day the account is established, the account is credited with the amount of that primary person‑centred supplement for the individual for the account period.

 (5) If a claim is made under section 251 for person‑centred subsidy for the delivery of a short‑term funded aged care service through the service group home modifications to the individual on a day in the account period, the account is debited in accordance with section 251B immediately after the claim is approved under subsection 251(4).

 (7) At the end of the account period, the account ceases.