Disability Allowance : Contents

• Introduction
• Qualifications
  • Residence
  • Income test
    • Beneficiaries
      • Dependent child
        • Dependent children, young parents and the child's parent or step parent examples
        • Child not living at home
        • In the care of Oranga Tamariki
        • Discharged from care
        • Definition of discharged from care
        • Oranga Tamariki order in place
        • Receives a Student Allowance
        • Gets a Student Loan
        • Shared care
        • Temporary care
    • Non beneficiaries
      • Child Disability Allowance clients
    • Disablement Pension clients
    • New Zealand Superannuation and Veteran's Pension clients
    • Chargeable income
    • Income that is not chargeable
  • Nature of disability
    • Definition of disability
  • Costs paid for
    • Additional costs
    • Proof of costs
      • Obtaining proof on behalf of clients
        • Restrictions on the information requested
  • Types of costs
    • Ambulance fees and subscriptions
    • Alternative treatment
    • Authorised consumables
    • Clothing
    • Counselling
      • Counselling for children
      • Application process - counselling
      • Proof of counselling costs
      • Additional counselling sessions
      • Calculating rate and expiry date - counselling
    • Day care for older disabled people
    • Gardening, lawns and outside window cleaning
    • Gym and swimming pool fees
    • Medical alarms
      • Proof of medical alarm costs
      • Medical alarms for Retirement Village residents
      • Exceptional circumstances - non MSD-accredited suppliers
      • Client's medical alarm supplier is not MSD accredited
    • MedicAlert costs
    • Medical fees
    • Power, gas and heating
      • Assessment of additional power
        • Example of additional power costs
        • Appropriate use of Powerswitch
    • Pharmaceutical charges
      • Pharmaceutical subsidies
      • Non-subsidised pharmaceuticals
      • Nicotine replacement products
    • Private paying patients
    • Residential care services
    • Rental equipment
      • Verification of costs for equipment rented by blind people
    • Special foods
      • Assessing additional food costs
    • Telephone
      • Telephone Costs Payment
    • Transport - disability
      • Mobility Parking Permits
      • Total Mobility Scheme
      • Special Education Transport
    • Transport - counselling
    • Transport - personal health
      • Proof of transport costs
    • Vitamins, supplements, herbal remedies and minerals
  • Costs not included
    • Costs provided by residential care services
    • Purchase of equipment and one-off items
    • Services provided through another agency
    • Koha
    • Medical insurance premiums
    • Medical emergencies
    • Rest home fees
    • Retirement Villages
    • Vocational services
• Payment
  • Payments for dependent children
  • Client's IRD number
• Commencement date
• Special Disability Allowance
• Changes and Reviews - Disability Allowance
  • Absence from New Zealand
    • Married, civil union or de facto clients
    • Payment
    • Permanent absence
    • Client does not return
    • Return to New Zealand
      • Action on return to New Zealand
    • Obligation to advise of departure from New Zealand (main beneficiaries only)
    • Calculating the period of absence
  • Change in costs
    • Advises more than 14 days after the event
    • Medical alarm price changes
  • Change in family circumstances
    • Child turns 18
    • Advises more than 14 days after the event
  • Change in income
    • Advises more than 14 days after the event
  • Child leaves sole parents care suddenly
  • Death of a client
    • Avoiding a debt
    • Terminal benefit
      • Terminal benefit rate
    • Death of a married, civil union or de facto client
    • Death of a dependent child
    • Client dies before grant or review
    • Debt recovery
    • Verification
  • Debt recovery maximum
    • Debt types not included
  • Deductions
    • Priority for deductions
    • Ministry of Social Development debt repayments
    • Debt Repayment Orders
    • Court attachment orders
      • Protected earnings rate
      • Court request for information
    • Student Loans
    • Inland Revenue deduction notices
  • Hospitalisation
    • Clients receiving a main benefit
    • Non-beneficiary clients
  • Imprisonment
  • Mandatory Review for Disability Allowance
    • Mandatory Review dates for Disability Allowance
    • Specific engagements
    • Outcomes of a Mandatory Review
      • Exceptions when a client declares no change in circumstances for Mandatory Review
      • Examples of Mandatory Review outcomes
    • Disability Allowance suspended before Mandatory Review date
    • Mandatory Review not required
    • When an extension or exemption can be given
  • Reviews of Disability Allowance
    • Permanent disability
    • Disability due for reassessment
    • Verification of income
    • Verification of costs
  • Study
  • Transfer
  • Partner's IRD number
    • Non-tax resident partner's IRD number not required

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