Second Reading Speeches

Aged Care Amendment (Transition Care and Assets Testing) Bill 2005

Type
Government
Portfolio
Ageing
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Aged Care Act 1997
to support: the implementation of the Transition Care Program by providing leave arrangements for existing recipients of residential care to receive transition care following a hospital stay; and the transfer of assets testing for residents and prospective residents of aged care facilities from approved providers of residential aged care to Centrelink and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

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