Aged Care (Compensation Amendments) Bill 1997
First Reading
1996-97
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Aged Care (Compensation Amendments) Bill 1997
No. , 1997
(Health and Family Services)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges Act 1995
9706120--1,190/12.5.1997--(61/97) Cat. No. 96 7684 8 ISBN 0644 502134
Contents
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Schedule(s)
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges Act 1995
A Bill for an Act to amend the Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges Act 1995
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the
Aged Care (Compensation Amendments) Act 1997.
This Act commences immediately after the commencement of the
Aged Care Act 1997 (other than Division 1 of that Act).
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
1 Paragraph 7(1)(b) After "care", insert "or residential care".
Note: The heading to section 7 is altered by adding at the end "or residential care".
2 Paragraph 7(2)(a)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(a) nursing home care or residential care has been provided to the person; and
(aa) nursing home benefit or residential care subsidy has been paid in respect of the nursing home care or residential care; and
3 Paragraph 7(2)(b)
After "care", insert "or residential care".
4 Subsection 7(2)
After "benefit" (second last occurring), insert "or residential care subsidy".
5 At the end of subsection 7(2)
Add "or residential care subsidy".
6 Paragraph 8(1)(b)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(b) nursing home care or residential care has been provided to that person in the course of treatment of, or as a result of, the injury; and
(ba) nursing home benefit or residential care subsidy has already been paid in respect of that nursing home care or residential care; and
Note: The heading to section 8 is altered by adding at the end "or residential care subsidy".
7 At the end of paragraph 8(1)(c)
Add "or residential care subsidy".
8 At the end of subsection 8(1)
Add "or residential care subsidy".
9 Paragraph 8(3)(a)
Omit "nursing home".
10 Paragraph 8(3)(a)
After "expenses", insert "or residential care expenses".
11 Paragraph 8(3)(b)
Omit "nursing home".
12 Subsection 8(3)
Omit "nursing home" (last occurring).