Long-Term Care
(Health and Social Services Charges) (Jersey) Law 2014
A LAW for the charging of fees for
long-term care services the provision of which is administered or arranged by
the Minister for Health and Social Services and for related purposes.
Adopted by the
States 11th December 2013
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 28th April 2014
Registered by the
Royal Court 8th
May 2014
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
1 Interpretation
In this Law –
“accommodation services”
means the provision of accommodation, including meals and other services
incidental to the provision of accommodation;
“long-term care services”
means services, including any accommodation services, provided to a person who
has attained the age of 18 years for the purpose of providing to that
person permanent help with activities that are an essential part of normal
daily living (such as bathing, dressing, grooming, and eating), the provision of
such services being arranged, administered or supplied by the Minister (whether
or not the person has been assessed as being in need of long-term care under the
Long-Term Care (Jersey) Law 2012[1]);
“Minister” means the
Minister for Health and Social Services;
“permanent” means
continuing, or likely to continue, for the rest of a person’s life.
2 Power
to charge for long-term care services
(1) The
Minister may, by Order, provide for the making and recovery by the Minister in
such manner and in such circumstances as may be specified in the Order, of such
charges as may be prescribed for long-term care services.
(2) An
Order under paragraph (1) may be made only after consultation with the
Minister for Social Security.
(3) Without
prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), such an Order may –
(a) prescribe
charges with reference to different descriptions of particular long term care
services as may be specified in the Order whether by reference to different levels
of care or other criteria;
(b) provide
for the remission or deferment of the whole or part of any charges in such
circumstances as may be specified in the Order.
(4) No
person shall be charged for long-term care services provided to him or her unless
the person has been assessed by or on behalf of the Minister as requiring such
services.
(5) An
Order under this Article may make such transitional, consequential, incidental
or supplementary provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient
for the purposes of the Order.
3 Recovery
of charges as a civil debt
Without prejudice to any other method of recovery, the Minister may
recover as a civil debt any charges payable in accordance with an Order under
Article 2.
4 Hospital
Charges (Long-Stay Patients) (Jersey) Law 1999 repealed
The Hospital Charges (Long-Stay Patients) (Jersey) Law 1999[2] is repealed.
5 Citation
and commencement
This Law may be cited as the Long-Term Care (Health and Social
Services Charges) (Jersey) Law 2014 and shall come into force 14 days
after it is registered.
m.n. de la haye
Greffier of the States