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Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy - Amount of Basic Daily Fee Supplement) Determination 2012 (No. 1)

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This Determination sets the calculation method for the basic daily fee supplement — an extra daily payment made to aged care providers (nursing homes) for certain residents.

Who it affects:

Eligible care recipients: Residents who meet specific criteria set out in the Residential Care Subsidy Principles (separate rules that define who qualifies)
Aged care providers: The facilities caring for these residents

What it does: The supplement amount is worked out as 1% of the basic age pension amount (converted to a daily rate), then rounded down to the nearest cent. Because it is tied to the pension rate, the supplement automatically adjusts when pensions are indexed.

Why it matters: This determines exactly how much additional government funding providers receive on top of standard care subsidies. It ensures providers get extra support for residents who pay the basic daily fee, with the amount pegged to pension movements.

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Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy - Amount of Basic Daily Fee Supplement) Determination 2012 (No. 1)

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Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy —Amount of Basic Daily Fee Supplement) Determination 2012 (No. 1)¹

Aged Care Act 1997

I, MARK BUTLER, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, make this Determination under subsection 44-16(3) of the Aged Care Act 1997.

Dated 29 May 2012

MARK BUTLER

Minister for Mental Health and Ageing

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Basic Daily Fee Supplement) Determination 2012 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on 1 July 2012.

3 Definitions

In this Determination:

basic age pension amount has the same meaning as in the Dictionary in Schedule 1 to the Aged Care Act 1997.

eligible care recipient has the same meaning as in subsection 21.25F(2) of the Residential Care Subsidy Principles 1997.

4 Method to work out the amount of basic daily fee supplement

The amount of the basic daily fee supplement payable for an eligible care recipient is obtained by rounding down to the nearest cent an amount equal to 1% of the basic age pension amount (worked out on a per day basis).

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Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.

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1 Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy - Amount of Basic Daily Fee Supplement) Determination 2012 (No. 1)