Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill

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Session 2002 - 03
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Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill

Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill

EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department of Health, will be published
separately as Bill 4–EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Mr Secretary Milburn has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the
Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill are
compatible with the Convention rights.

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Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill

Contents
Part 1
Delayed discharge payments
Preliminary
      1         Meaning of “NHS body” and “qualifying hospital patient”
Determination of need for community care services on discharge
      2         Notice of patient’s possible need for community care services
      3         Duties arising where a notice under section 2 is given
Delayed discharge payments
      4         Liability to make delayed discharge payments
Disputes
      5         Ordinary residence
      6         Dispute resolution
Supplemental
      7         Adjustments between social services authorities
      8         Regulations
      9         Interpretation
      10         Application of Local Authority Social Services Act 1970
      11         Power to extend the application of Part 1 to NHS patients in care homes
Part 2
Local authority community care services
      12         Free provision of certain community care services
      13         Consequential amendments

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Part 3
Supplementary
      14         Money
      15         Meaning of “the appropriate Minister” and “the Assembly”
      16         Short title, commencement and extent



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