Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The amount of * residential care subsidy payable to an approved provider for a residential care service in respect of a * payment period is the amount worked out by adding together the amounts of residential care subsidy for each care recipient:
(a) to whom the approved provider provided residential care through the residential care service during the period; and
(b) in respect of whom the approved provider was eligible for residential care subsidy during the period.
(2) This is how to work out the amount of * residential care subsidy for a care recipient in respect of the * payment period.
Residential care subsidy calculator
Step 1. Work out the basic subsidy amount using Subdivision 44 - B.
Step 2. Add to this amount the amounts of any primary supplements worked out using Subdivision 44 - C.
Step 3. Subtract the amounts of any reductions in subsidy worked out using Subdivision 44 - D.
Step 4. Subtract any further reduction worked out by applying the income test under Subdivision 44 - E.
Step 5. Add the amounts of any other supplements worked out using Subdivision 44 - F.
The result is the amount of residential care subsidy for the care recipient in respect of the payment period.