1Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy - Amount of Enteral Feeding Supplement) Determination 2012 (No. 1)

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Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Enteral Feeding Supplement) Determination 2012 (No. 1)¹

Aged Care Act 1997

I, MARK BUTLER, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, make this Determination under subsection 44‑14(6) of the Aged Care Act 1997.

Dated 22 June 2012

MARK BUTLER

Minister for Mental Health and Ageing

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy – Amount of Enteral Feeding Supplement) Determination 2012 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on 1 July 2012.

3 Revocation

The Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Enteral Feeding Supplement) Determination 2011 (No. 1) made by the Minister on 17 June 2011, also known as F2011L01159, is revoked.

4 Enteral Feeding Supplement

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the amount of enteral feeding supplement payable in respect of a day is:

(a) for bolus feeding — $16.39;

(b) for non bolus feeding — $18.42.

(2) Where the actual cost to the approved provider of providing enteral feeding to the care recipient is equal to, or more than, 125% of the applicable amount referred to in subsection (1) (i.e. $20.49 for bolus feeding and $23.03 for non bolus feeding), the amount of enteral feeding supplement payable in respect of a day is an amount equivalent to that actual cost.

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