Emergency Benefit : Contents
Discharge from hospital
Where a client is receiving the hospital rate and they are discharged from hospital:
- increase their benefit to the appropriate full rate from the date of discharge
- for married, civil union or de facto clients reduce the partner's benefit to the half married, civil union or de facto rate and cancel Special Disability Allowance and
- review any Extra Help from the same date
Note the dates of admission and discharge are not regarded as days spent in hospital.
Re-admitted to hospital
Where a client (who has been formally discharged from hospital) is re-admitted, the 13 week period starts again from the day after they are re-admitted (even if the client has been re-admitted within 28 days of being discharged).
Note this only refers to clients who are formally discharged from hospital not clients on leave. For more information about clients on leave from hospital see:
