Aged Care (Community Care Subsidy Amount) Determination 2013 (No. 1)
Aged Care Act 1997
I, MARK BUTLER, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, make this Determination under
subsection 48-1(3) of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Dated 27 June 2013
MARK BUTLER
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Aged Care (Community Care Subsidy Amount) Determination 2013 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on 1 July 2013.
3 Revocation
The Aged Care (Community Care Subsidy Amount) Determination 2012 (No. 1) made by the Minister on 22 June 2012, also known as F2012L01417, is revoked.
4 Definitions
In this Determination:
ARIA score, in relation to a location, means the score given to that location under the document titled Viability Funding — ARIA scores for locations as at 30 July 1999, published by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing.
5 Community Care Subsidy
The amount of community care subsidy payable in respect of a day for a care recipient receiving community care is the sum of the following amounts:
a. The base subsidy is $37.38; and
b. the amount in column 3 of the following table that corresponds to the ARIA score for the geographical location at which the care recipient resides:
Col. 1
Item
Col. 2
ARIA score
Col. 3
Additional daily amount of community care subsidy
1
Less than 3.52
$0.00
2
More than 3.51 but less than 4.67
$4.21
3
More than 4.66 but less than 5.81
$5.06
4
More than 5.80 but less than 7.45
$7.08
5
More than 7.44 but less than 9.09
$8.50
6
More than 9.08 but less than 10.55
$11.89
7
More than 10.54
$14.27
Note
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