Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill

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Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill

Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill

[AS AMENDED IN STANDING COMMITTEE D]

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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Revised 13 December 2002