Aged Care Act 1997
I, JUSTINE ELLIOT, Minister for Ageing, make this Determination under subsection 44‑14(6) of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Dated 15th June 2010
JUSTINE ELLIOT
This Determination is the Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy – Amount of Enteral Feeding Supplement) Determination 2010 (No. 1).
This Determination commences on 1 July 2010.
The Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Enteral Feeding Supplement) Determination 2009 (No. 1) made by the Minister on 11 June 2009, also known as F2009L02379, is revoked.
4 Enteral Feeding Supplement
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the amount of enteral feeding supplement payable in respect of a day is:
(a) for bolus feeding — $15.42;
(b) for non bolus feeding — $17.32.
(2) Where the actual cost to the approved provider of providing enteral feeding to the care recipient is equal to, or more than, 125% of the applicable amount referred to in subsection (1) (i.e. $19.28 for bolus feeding and $21.65 for non bolus feeding), the amount of enteral feeding supplement payable in respect of a day is an amount equivalent to that actual cost.
Note
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