58Support plan or old care and services plan in existence before transition time

58 Support plan or old care and services plan in existence before transition time

(1) This section applies in relation to a registered provider and an individual if: (a) immediately before the transition time: (i) the registered provider was a CHSP provider within the meaning of the program manual for the Commonwealth Home Support Program as in force or existing at that time; and (ii) the individual had been assessed as eligible for Commonwealth Home Support Program services; and (iii) the provider was providing Commonwealth Home Support Program services to the individual; and (iv) a support plan or a care and services plan (the old care and services plan) was in existence between the provider and the individual in accordance with the program manual; and (b) at the transition time, the provider is, because of subitem 5(1) or 6(1) of Schedule 2 to the CTP Act, taken to be a registered provider under the new Act; and (c) at the transition time, paragraph 2(1)(c) of that Schedule applies to the individual; and (d) as at the transition time, the provider is continuing to deliver services to the individual that are funded aged care services that correspond as nearly as possible to the types of aged care provided to the individual by the provider in accordance with the program manual as at immediately before the transition time. (2) The support plan or the old care and services plan, as applicable, is taken to be a care and services plan, developed by the provider for the individual at the transition time. (3) The provider is required to review the care and services plan as soon as practicable and no later than the end of the period of 12 months beginning at the transition time.