253BRequests for payments of subsidy in advance of claims

253B Requests for payments of subsidy in advance of claims

(1) For the purposes of obtaining payment, a registered provider must give to the System Governor a request, in an approved form, for any subsidy that is payable in accordance with section 253A, for the relevant period for the subsidy, to the registered provider for a funded aged care service delivered to an individual through a service delivery branch of the registered provider during the relevant period. (2) The System Governor may approve the request for the whole or any part of any subsidy that is payable in accordance with section 253A to the registered provider as soon as reasonably practicable after the request is given to the System Governor under subsection (1) if: (a) the payment is likely to mitigate a risk to the financial viability and sustainability of the registered provider that could disrupt the delivery of funded aged care services by the registered provider; or (b) the circumstances (if any) prescribed by the rules apply. (3) To avoid doubt, for the purposes of this section: (a) multiple requests can be made for a single relevant period; and (b) requests for multiple days in the same relevant period can be included in a single request.