298Charging accommodation contributions

298  Charging accommodation contributions

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

 (a) an individual must not be charged an accommodation contribution unless the individual’s daily means tested amount, at the individual’s start day, is less than the maximum accommodation supplement amount for that day;

 (b) the amount of daily accommodation contribution for a day must not exceed:

 (i) the maximum accommodation supplement amount for that day; or

 (ii) the amount assessed for the individual based on the individual’s daily means tested amount;

 (c) unless circumstances prescribed by the rules apply—an individual must not be charged an amount of daily accommodation contribution for a day that is greater than the agreed accommodation payment amount for the individual and the home (as expressed as a daily accommodation payment amount under subparagraph 294(2)(b)(iii));

 (d) an accommodation contribution must not be charged by a 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;

 (e) a registered provider must comply with the requirements (if any) about charging accommodation contributions prescribed by the rules.

Note 1: If an individual has means not disclosed status at the individual’s start day, the individual will be charged an accommodation payment: see paragraph 296(a).

Division 6—Charging of daily payments