Aged Care Act 2024
297Accommodation payments must not be greater than agreed accommodation payment amounts
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297 Accommodation payments must not be greater than agreed accommodation payment amounts
A registered provider delivering ongoing funded aged care services to an individual through the service group residential care in an approved residential care home must not accept an accommodation payment from the individual that, at a particular time, would result in the individual paying an amount of accommodation payment that is greater than the agreed accommodation payment amount for the individual and the home (reduced by any deductions made to that amount in accordance with section 308).
Note: Daily accommodation payments are subject to indexation in accordance with the rules.
Division 5—Charging of accommodation contributions