Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The amount of * home care subsidy payable to an approved provider for a home care service in respect of a * payment period is the amount worked out by adding together the amounts of home care subsidy for each care recipient:
(a) in respect of whom there is in force a * home care agreement for provision of home care provided through the service during the period; and
(b) in respect of whom the approved provider was eligible for home care subsidy during the period.
(2) The amount of * home care subsidy for a care recipient in respect of the * payment period is worked out as follows:
Home care subsidy calculator
Step 1. Work out the Commonwealth contribution amount using section 48 - 1A.
Step 2. Work out the shortfall amount using section 48 - 13.
Step 3. If subsection (3) does not apply, work out, using section 48 - 17, the home care account balance in the care recipient's * home care account immediately before the approved provider gives to the Secretary, under section 47 - 4, a claim in respect of the * payment period.
Step 4. Identify:
(a) if subsection (3) applies--the Commonwealth contribution amount; or
(b) otherwise--the sum of the Commonwealth contribution amount and the home care account balance.
This is the maximum contribution amount .
Step 5. Identify the lesser of the following amounts (or either amount if they are the same):
(a) the shortfall amount;
(b) the maximum contribution amount.
This is the amount of home care subsidy for the care recipient in respect of the * payment period.
(3) This subsection applies if:
(a) within the period specified in the Subsidy Principles before the day the approved provider gives to the Secretary, under section 47 - 4, the claim in respect of the * payment period, another approved provider ceases to provide home care to the care recipient; or
(b) any other circumstances specified in the Subsidy Principles apply.