Pursuant to section 53 of the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018, the Director-General of Health has set, by written notice, the Maximum Contribution Applying in Each Territorial Local Authority Region from 1 September 2024.

The notice, which was made on 16 August 2024 and comes into force on 1 September 2024, replaces the previous maximum contribution notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 1 July 2023, Notice No. 2023-go2824.

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 service 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.

The administering agency responsible for administering the notice is the Ministry of Health.

The notice is published on the Ministry of Health’s website here: https://www.health.govt.nz/publications/maximum-contribution-applying-in-each-territorial-local-authority-region-from-1-september-2024.

Dated this 16th day of August 2024.

DIANA SARFATI, Director General, Ministry of Health, Director-General of Health.