Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COMMUNITY SERVICES AND HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1990 No. 141 of 1990 - SECT 49

49. Section 4AA of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (6) and
substituting the following subsection:

"(6) For the purposes of this section, a day in a relevant period is an
eligible day in relation to a qualified nursing home patient of an approved
nursing home if, on that day, the patient is absent from the nursing home and:

   (a)  that absence is due to the fact that the patient has to be, is, or has
        been, in attendance at a hospital for the purpose of receiving
        hospital treatment; or

   (b)  where paragraph (a) does not apply:

   (i)  if the relevant period is the year commencing on 1 July 1989 - the
        number of recognised days of absence of the patient from the approved
        nursing home or another approved nursing home before that day during
        the relevant period is less than 28; or

   (ii) in any subsequent relevant period - the number of recognised days of
        absence of the patient from the approved nursing home or another
        approved nursing home before that day during the relevant period
        (excluding any day that is a recognised day because paragraph (a)
        applies) is less than 28.".