The Life Support Equipment Electricity Subsidy scheme, which was introduced on 1 January 2005, aims to compensate financially disadvantaged persons for the electricity costs of operating life support equipment at home. People will be eligible for the scheme if they are dependent on life support equipment in their home and they (or their parent/guardian/primary carer) also hold a Pensioner Concession Card, Health Care Card or Health Care Interim Voucher.
In February 2007, Minister for Energy Francis Logan announced that new equipment* had been added to the scheme as detailed in the table below. Read the Minister's Statement.
The annual subsidy payments will be:
|
Specified Life Support Equipment |
Amount of Annual |
| Peritoneal Dialysis Machines* |
$46.00 |
| Heart Pumps* |
$193.00 |
| High Capacity 'Newlife Intensity' Oxygen Concentrators (adult)* |
$590.00 |
| Standard Capacity Oxygen Concentrators (adult) |
$408.00 |
| Standard Capacity Oxygen Concentrators (child) |
$612.00 |
| Ventilators |
$214.00 |
| Feeding Pumps |
$73.00 |
| Suction Pumps |
$98.00 |
| Apnoea Monitors (child only) |
$122.00 |
| Nebulisers (child only) |
$24.00 |
More information on the scheme and application forms are available on the website of the Office of State Revenue (OSR). Alternatively, you can call the OSR on (08) 9262 1373 between 8:00am and 5:00pm Monday to Friday.
