296Charging of accommodation payments

296  Charging of accommodation payments

  A registered provider must comply with the following in relation to the charging of an accommodation payment to an individual for the delivery of ongoing funded aged care services to the individual through the service group residential care in an approved residential care home:

 (a) the individual must not be charged an accommodation payment unless:

 (i) the individual’s daily means tested amount, at the individual’s start day, is equal to or greater than the individual’s maximum accommodation supplement amount for that day; or

 (ii) the individual has means not disclosed status at the individual’s start day; or

 (iii) at the individual’s start day, the individual’s daily means tested amount has not been determined and the individual does not have means not disclosed status;

 (b) an amount of accommodation payment must not exceed the agreed accommodation payment amount for the individual and the home;

 (c) an accommodation payment must not be charged by the registered provider if:

 (i) a condition on the registration of the registered provider has been imposed under subsection 143(1); and

 (ii) the condition prohibits the provider from charging an accommodation payment;

 (d) the registered provider must comply with the requirements (if any) about charging accommodation payments prescribed by the rules.

Note: Daily accommodation payments are subject to indexation in accordance with the rules.