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Aged Care (Residential care subsidy - amount of transitional supplement) Determination 2008 (No. 2)

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This Determination sets the exact dollar amount that the Australian Government pays as a transitional supplement to aged care homes providing residential care.

What it does:

Fixes the transitional supplement at $18.23 per applicable resident
Replaces an earlier determination from March 2008 (which presumably set a different amount)
Takes effect on 20 September 2008

Who it affects:

Residential aged care providers who receive Commonwealth subsidies
Aged care residents (indirectly, as this affects funding to their care home)

Why it matters: This is a routine administrative update to a specific funding stream. The transitional supplement is an additional payment made to certain aged care facilities during a period of funding transition. While the amount appears small, when multiplied across thousands of residents, it represents significant government expenditure on aged care support.

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Aged Care (Residential care subsidy - amount of transitional supplement) Determination 2008 (No. 2)

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Aged Care Act 1997

I, JUSTINE ELLIOT, Minister for Ageing, make this Determination under subsection 44-16 (3) of the Aged Care Act 1997.

Dated Sept 19th 2008

JUSTINE ELLIOT

Minister for Ageing

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Aged Care (Residential care subsidy — amount of transitional supplement) Determination 2008 (No. 2). This Determination may also be cited as ACA Ch. 3 No. 27/2008.

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on 20 September 2008.

3 Revocation

The Aged Care (Residential care subsidy — amount of transitional supplement) Determination 2008 made by the Minister on 17 March 2008 under subsection 44-16 (3) of the Act is revoked.

4 Definitions

In this Determination:

Act means the Aged Care Act 1997.

transitional supplement has the same meaning as in section 21.25C of the Residential Care Subsidy Principles 1997.

5 Amount of transitional supplement

For subsection 44-16 (3) of the Act, the amount of the transitional supplement is $18.23.

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1 Aged Care (Residential care subsidy - amount of transitional supplement) Determination 2008 (No. 2)

Aged Care (Residential care subsidy — amount of transitional supplement) Determination 2008 (No. 2)¹