Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Rules 2025
18Service group home support—classification type ongoing
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18 Service group home support—classification type ongoing
HCP class 1, 2, 3 and 4 (1) Subject to subsection (2), for the classification level HCP class 1, 2, 3 or 4 for the classification type ongoing for the service group home support, taken to be established for an individual by the CTP Determination, the period of effect: (a) starts: (i) if, as at the transition time, the individual had entered a home care service and had not ceased to be provided with home care through the home care service—at the transition time; or (ii) if, as at the transition time, the individual was a prioritised home care recipient but had not entered a home care service—at the earlier of the following: (A) the start of the day a registered provider starts delivering funded aged care services to the individual through the service group for the classification level (other than under a specialist aged care program); (B) at the start of the day a place allocated under subsection 92(1) of the new Act to the individual for the classification type for the service group takes effect under section 92A of the new Act; and (iii) if, as at the transition time, the individual was not a prioritised home care recipient—at the start of the day a place allocated under subsection 92(1) of the new Act to the individual for the classification type for the service group takes effect under section 92A of the new Act; or (b) ends at the end of the earlier of the following (as applicable): (i) the day a place allocated to the individual under subsection 92(1) of the new Act for a different classification level for the classification type for the service group takes effect under section 92A of the new Act; (ii) the day a classification level for the classification type ongoing for the service group residential care takes effect for the individual; (iii) the day the individual dies. (2) If more than one of the classification levels HCP class 1, 2, 3 or 4 for the classification type ongoing for the service group home support is taken to be established for an individual by the CTP Determination, subsection (1) applies to those classifications in the following order: (a) if, as at immediately before the transition time, the individual was a prioritised home care recipient—the classification level taken to be established on the basis of the individual’s level of care as a prioritised home care recipient; (b) if, as at immediately before the transition time, the individual was not a prioritised home care recipient—the highest of the classification levels taken to be established on the basis of the levels of care to which the individual’s approval as a recipient of care was limited. CHSP transitional (3) For the classification level CHSP transitional for the classification type ongoing for the service group home support, taken to be established for an individual by the CTP Determination, the period of effect: (a) starts at the transition time; and (b) ends at the end of the earlier of the following (as applicable): (i) the day a place allocated to the individual under subsection 92(1) of the new Act for a different classification level for the classification type for the service group takes effect under section 92A of the new Act; (ii) the day a classification level for the classification type ongoing for the service group residential care takes effect for the individual; (iii) the day the individual dies. HSO MPSP (4) For the classification level HSO MPSP for the classification type ongoing for the service group home support, taken to be established for an individual by the CTP Determination, the period of effect: (a) starts at the transition time; and (b) ends at the end of the earlier of the following (as applicable): (i) the day a place allocated to the individual under subsection 92(1) of the new Act for a different classification level for the classification type for the service group takes effect under section 92A of the new Act; (ii) the day the individual starts accessing funded aged care services in an approved residential care home other than under the MPSP; (iii) the day the individual dies. HSO NATSIFACP (5) For the classification level HSO NATSIFACP for the classification type ongoing for the service group home support, taken to be established for an individual by the CTP Determination: (a) the classification level does not take effect if another classification level for the classification type for the service group, taken to be established for the individual by the CTP Determination, is in effect; and (b) subject to paragraph (a), the period of effect for the classification level starts: (i) if the individual was accessing services under the NATSIFACP immediately before the transition time—at the transition time; or (ii) if the individual was not accessing services under the NATSIFACP immediately before the transition time—at the start of the day a registered provider starts delivering funded aged care services to the individual through the service group under the NATSIFACP; and (c) the period of effect for the classification level ends at the end of the earlier of the following (as applicable): (i) the day a place allocated to the individual under subsection 92(1) of the new Act for a different classification level for the classification type for the service group takes effect under section 92A of the new Act; (ii) the day the individual starts accessing funded aged care services in an approved residential care home other than under the NATSIFACP; (iii) the day the individual dies.