✨ Health and Disability Services Eligibility
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 52 15 APRIL 2011
B24 Person who requires certain services in emergency
A person is eligible to receive services funded under the Act if—
(a) the services required arise as a result of an emergency; and
(b) the services are necessary to address immediate risks to the person or other persons; and
(c) the person is not otherwise eligible under this direction to receive those services funded under the Act.
Defined in this direction: Act, emergency, services
B25 Ineligible persons who require services under certain legislation
(1) A person is eligible to receive services funded under the Act if—
(a) the services relate only to compulsory services that the person receives, under any of the following Acts (or any regulations made under those Acts):
(i) Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act 1966:
(ii) Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003:
(iii) Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003:
(iv) Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992; and
(b) the person is not otherwise eligible under this direction to receive those services funded under the Act.
(2) To avoid doubt, a person is eligible for assessments that are made to determine whether compulsory services should be received under any of the Acts specified, or regulations referred to, in subclause (1).
Defined in this direction: Act, services
Categories of eligibility: persons who receive services related to personal injury
B26 Persons who receive services related to personal injury
(1) A person is eligible to receive services funded under the Act if the services relate only to public health acute services that are—
(a) covered by a Crown funding agreement; and
(b) required by the person for the treatment of a personal injury for which the person has an entitlement under the Accident Compensation Act 2001; and
(c) the person is not otherwise eligible under this direction to receive those services funded under the Act.
(2) A person is eligible to receive services funded under the Act if—
(a) the services relate only to disability support services that are required by the person for the treatment of a personal injury for which the person has an entitlement under the Accident Compensation Act 2001;
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