- Date
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19 Sep 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the
Aged Care Act 1997
in relation to residential aged care to: simplify fees and charges paid by residents who cannot fully meet their own care and accommodation costs; combine the current concessional resident supplement and pensioner supplement into a single asset-tested accommodation supplement; broaden eligibility for community care grants for providers of Community Aged Care Packages; and extend eligibility to providers of Extended Aged Care at Home and Extended Aged Care at Home - Dementia. Also makes technical amendments to the Aged Care (Bond Security) Act 2006
and Aged Care (Bond Security) Levy Act 2006
.