Aged Care (Flexible Care Subsidy Amount - Multi-Purpose Services) Determination 2013 (No. 2)
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Aged Care (Flexible Care Subsidy Amount - Multi-Purpose Services) Determination 2013 (No. 2)
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(1) A multi‑purpose service meets the requirements of this subsection if: (a) the service was in operation on 31 December 2004, and, on that date, the point score of the service would have been at least 60 points, under the scoring system set out in the following table; and (b) on 1 January 2005, either: (i) the point score of the service was less than 50 points, under the scoring system set out in the table in subsection 8(1); or (ii) the point score of the service was at least 50 points, under that scoring system, and the viability supplement equivalent amount specified in Schedule 3 for a day in respect of the service as a Category A service was more than the viability supplement equivalent amount so specified in respect of the service as a Category C service.
| Item | Criterion | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Location: | |
| 2 | (a) remote zone | 40 |
| 3 | (b) other rural area | 30 |
| 4 | (c) small rural centre | 20 |
| 5 | (d) large rural centre | 10 |
| 6 | Beds: | |
| 7 | (a) less than 30 | 20 |
| 8 | (b) less than 16 | 30 |
| 9 | Service not co‑located with another service and unable to co‑locate | 20 |
| 10 | Supported residents, concessional residents or assisted residents: | |
| 11 | (a) over 70% | 20 |
| 12 | (b) 50% to 70% | 10 |
| 13 | Caters largely for special groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups | 10 |
(2) For subsection (1): (a) a location of a particular kind is a statistical local area of that kind defined in the RRMA Classification; and (b) a service is taken to be unable to co‑locate with another service if it is: (i) not on the same site as, or on an adjoining site to, another multi‑purpose service or residential care service; or (ii) on the same site as, or an adjoining site to, another multi‑purpose service or residential care service, but the total of the residential places and non‑acute beds on the same or adjacent sites is less than 45; or (iii) more than 25 kilometres from the nearest residential care service; or (iv) not more than 25 kilometres from the nearest residential care service, but the total number of places in both services is: (A) for a service in a remote zone—less than 30 beds; or (B) for a service not in a remote zone—less than 16 beds; and (c) points may be scored under only 1 paragraph in an item that has paragraphs.