Social Security (Accommodation Supplement) Amendment Bill
27 January 2023.
The Social Security (Accommodation Supplement) Amendment Bill clarifies eligibility for, and the rate of, an accommodation supplement for a community spouse or partner.
The Social Security (Accommodation Supplement) Amendment Bill clarifies eligibility for, and the rate of, an accommodation supplement for a community spouse or partner, which is a person –
- who is not receiving long-term residential care in a hospital or rest home; and
- whose spouse or partner –
- is receiving long-term residential care in a hospital or rest home; and
- is, or is not, a resident assessed as requiring care in respect of whom a funder is paying some or all of the cost of contracted care services under section 54, 55, 56, 57, or 58 of the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018.
- The amendments apply only to specified existing or new recipients or applicants.
