8Basic subsidy amount—during suspension period

8 Basic subsidy amount—during suspension period

(1) If the provision of home care to a care recipient is suspended, on a temporary basis, under section 46‑2 of the Act, the basic subsidy amount payable for the care recipient in respect of a day during the suspension period is the amount worked out in accordance with subsection (2), (4) or (5).

Note: The home care agreement under which the home care is provided is taken to remain in force during the suspension period, and the care recipient is taken to have been provided with home care, as required by the agreement, on each day of the suspension period: see the Home Care Subsidy Principles 2013.

(2) If the provision of home care is suspended because the care recipient is receiving transition care, or is attending hospital for the purpose of receiving hospital treatment, the amount is the following: (a) for up to 28 consecutive days in the suspension period—the amount mentioned in the table in section 7 for the level of home care that the care recipient is taken to have been provided with on the day; (b) for a subsequent consecutive day in the suspension period—the amount that is 25% of the amount mentioned in the table in section 7 for the level of home care that the care recipient is taken to have been provided with on the day. (3) If a suspension period starts in a financial year and ends in the next financial year, then, for the purpose of calculating the number of consecutive days in subsection (2), the number of days restarts on 1 July of that next financial year. (4) If the provision of home care is suspended because the care recipient is receiving respite care for which subsidy is payable to an approved provider, the amount is the following: (a) for up to 28 days in a financial year when the provision of home care is suspended because the care recipient is receiving the respite care—the amount mentioned in the table in section 7 for the level of home care that the care recipient is taken to have been provided with on the day; (b) for a subsequent day in the financial year when the provision of home care is suspended because the care recipient is receiving the respite care—the amount that is 25% of the amount mentioned in the table in section 7 for the level of home care that the care recipient is taken to have been provided with on the day.

Note: The 28 days mentioned in paragraph (a) do not need to be consecutive days.

(5) If the provision of home care is suspended for a reason other than those mentioned in subsection (2) or (4), the amount is the following: (a) for up to 28 days in a financial year when the provision of home care to the care recipient is suspended for a reason other than those mentioned in subsection (2) or (4)—the amount mentioned in the table in section 7 for the level of home care that the care recipient is taken to have been provided with on the day; (b) for a subsequent day in the financial year when the provision of home care to the care recipient is suspended for a reason other than those mentioned in subsection (2) or (4)—the amount that is 25% of the amount mentioned in the table in section 7 for the level of home care that the care recipient is taken to have been provided with on the day.