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  Health and Care Bill - Clause 140 - Cap on Care Costs for Charging Purposes
  
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  @ MP voted aye to limit the amount adults can be required to pay towards their eligible care costs over their lifetime, rather than to prevent an individual being charged once they, local authorities, or others had paid a certain amount. 
  
  @ MP voted no to prevent an individual being charged for their eligible care costs once they, local authorities, or others had paid a certain amount towards their care, rather than to limit the amount adults can be required to pay towards their care costs over their lifetime.  
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted to limit the amount adults can be required to pay towards their eligible care costs over their lifetime, rather than to prevent an individual being charged once they, local authorities, or others had paid a certain amount. 
  
  
  MPs were considering the Health and Care Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 80.
  
  Lords amendment 80 stated:[4]
  
  :Leave out Clause 140
  
  The Explanatory Notes relating to Clause 40 explain[3] that the clause makes it so the costs that count towards the cap on care costs are the costs the adult is required to pay (at the local authority rate) rather than the combined costs incurred by both the adult and the local authority.
  
  Clause 40, which was supported by the majority of MPs in this vote, provided for an amendment the legislation which provided a framework for introducing a cap on care costs, Section 15 of the Care Act 2014[6]. That legislation had not been commenced, and brought into effect. The intent of the 2014 legislation as indicated by its explanatory notes[7] was to establish: "a limit on the amount that adults can be required to pay towards eligible care costs over their lifetime."
  
  The 2014 legislation was drafted such that the local authority would not be able to charge an individual for the costs of their care once the total amount the authority, or other authorities, or anyone else had spent on the individual's care exceeded the cap. This did not achieve the intent of capping the amount an individual can be required to pay. 
  
  Clause 40 corrects the legislation such that it has its intended effect.  
  
  Without clause 40 the cap on personal contributions would be lower for those for whom councils, or others, had contributed to their care costs. Without the amendment there would still be a cap, but it would not operate in the manner intended.
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3022 Parliament's webpage on the Health and Care Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/44008/documents/1051 Health and Care Bill as brought from the Commons, 24 November 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/44120/documents/1082 Explanatory notes to the Health and Care Bill as brought from the Commons, 24 November 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [4] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0293/210293.pdf Lords amendments to the Health and Care Bill, 24 March 2022], Parliament.uk
  * [5] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0293/en/210293en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Lords amendments to the Health and Care Bill, 24 March 2022], Parliament.uk
  * [6] [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/23/section/15/enacted Section 15 of the Care Act 2014], Legislation.gov.uk
  * [7] [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/23/notes/division/5/1/4/2 Explanatory notes to Section 15 of the Care Act 2014], Legislation.gov.uk
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