Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Maximum Contribution Applying in Each Territorial Local Authority Region From 1 July 2010

Under section 152 of the Social Security Act 1964, the Director-General of Health is required to notify the maximum contribution that applies in each region.
The maximum contribution is the maximum weekly amount (inclusive of GST) that a resident assessed as requiring long-term residential care (through a needs assessment and services coordination agency) is required to pay for contracted care services provided to them in the region in which their rest home or continuing care hospital is located.
Contracted care services are services provided to needs assessed people in a rest home or continuing care hospital that has a contract with a district health board. The services provided are those necessary to meet the person’s assessed care needs in accordance with the agreement between the district health board and the residential care provider.
This agreement covers residents who are:
- eligible for the residential care subsidy (under section 141 of the Act); or
- entitled to have funding paid to cover the difference between the maximum contribution and the cost of contracted care services provided to them (under section 140 of the Act).
The maximum contribution is the same for all residents regardless of the type of contracted care services they receive.
The maximum contribution set by this New Zealand Gazette notice applies from 1 July 2010 and replaces the previous maximum contribution notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 4 June 2009, No. 79, page 1860.
It is equivalent to the most recent, nationally agreed rest home contract price applying to residential care facilities in each territorial local authority region.
The maximum contribution will change only when a new maximum contribution is gazetted.
New maximum contributions will reflect changes to rest home contract prices that usually result from the annual review of the residential care contract between district health boards and residential care providers.
Region: Territorial Local Authority District Health Board Maximum Contribution Weekly (GST Inclusive)
Far North District Northland 776.02
Whangarei District Northland 796.60
Kaipara District Northland 776.02
Rodney District Waitemata 819.98
North Shore City Waitemata 845.67
Waitakere City Waitemata 825.23
Auckland City Auckland 849.03
Manukau City Counties Manukau 838.74
Papakura District Counties Manukau 819.98
Franklin District Counties Manukau 794.15
Thames-Coromandel District Waikato 779.59
Hauraki District Waikato 779.59
Waikato District Waikato 779.59
Matamata-Piako District Waikato 779.59
Hamilton City Waikato 803.53
Waipa District Waikato 779.59
Otorohanga District Waikato 772.59
South Waikato District Waikato 772.59
Waitomo District Waikato 776.09
Ruapehu District (part in Waikato) Waikato 776.09
Western Bay of Plenty Bay of Plenty 794.15
Tauranga District Bay of Plenty 808.50
Whakatane District Bay of Plenty 789.81
Kawerau District Bay of Plenty 776.02
Opotiki District Bay of Plenty 776.02
Taupo District Lakes 796.60
Rotorua District Lakes 796.60
Gisborne District Tairawhiti 777.77
Wairoa District Hawkes Bay 793.10
Hastings District Hawkes Bay 793.10
Napier City Hawkes Bay 793.10
Central Hawkes Bay District Hawkes Bay 776.02
New Plymouth District Taranaki 793.10
Stratford District Taranaki 776.02
South Taranaki District Taranaki 779.59
Ruapehu District (part in Whanganui) Whanganui 776.09
Wanganui District Whanganui 779.59
Rangitikei District Whanganui 776.02
Manawatu District MidCentral 776.02
Palmerston North City MidCentral 789.81
Tararua District MidCentral 776.02
Horowhenua District MidCentral 776.02
Kapiti Coast District MidCentral 796.60
Kapiti Coast District Capital & Coast 796.60
Porirua City Capital & Coast 796.60
Wellington City Capital & Coast 825.51
Upper Hutt City Hutt Valley 789.81
Lower Hutt City Hutt Valley 810.11
Masterton District Wairarapa 777.77
Carterton District Wairarapa 776.02
South Wairarapa Wairarapa 776.02
Tasman District Nelson Marlborough 813.75
Nelson City Nelson Marlborough 813.75
Marlborough District Nelson Marlborough 789.81
Buller District West Coast 772.59
Grey District West Coast 772.59
Westland District West Coast 772.59
Kaikoura District Canterbury 794.15
Hurunui District Canterbury 779.59
Waimakariri District Canterbury 794.15
Christchurch City Canterbury 800.10
Banks Peninsula District Canterbury 800.10
Selwyn District Canterbury 794.15
Ashburton District Canterbury 782.95
Timaru District South Canterbury 779.59
Mackenzie South Canterbury 772.59
Waimate District South Canterbury 772.59
Dunedin City Otago 789.81
Clutha District Otago 772.59
Waitaki District Otago 772.59
Central Otago District Otago 776.02
Queenstown-Lakes District Otago 810.60
Queenstown-Lakes District Southland 810.60
Southland District Southland 772.59
Gore District Southland 772.59
Invercargill City Southland 776.02
Copies of the maximum contribution amounts and other information about income and asset testing can be found on the Ministry of Health website at
http://www.moh.govt.nz/assettesting
Needs assessment and service co-ordination agencies, the Specialised Processing Service, Work and Income of the Ministry of Social Development and residential care providers will also be able to advise the maximum contributions applying in each region.
Dated at Wellington this 25th day of May 2010.
STEPHEN MCKERNAN, Director-General of Health.