Textual Amendments
32B.—(1) A relevant body must ensure that it is able to arrange for the provision of a relevant health service to an eligible person by means of a personal health budget which is managed in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) A personal health budget must be managed in at least one of the following ways—
(a)the making of a direct payment;
(b)the application of the personal health budget by the relevant body in accordance with the outcome of discussions with the eligible person or that person’s representative as to how best to secure the provision of the relevant health service to the person; or
(c)the transfer of the personal health budget by a relevant body to a person who applies the money in accordance with the outcome of discussions with the eligible person or that person’s representative as to how best, with the agreement of the relevant body, to secure the provision of the relevant health service to the eligible person.
(3) A relevant body must—
(a)publicise and promote the availability of personal health budgets to eligible persons and their representatives; and
(b)provide information, advice and other support to eligible persons and their representatives to assist them in deciding whether to request a personal health budget in respect of a relevant health service.
[F2(4) Where a request is made by or on behalf of an eligible person for a personal health budget, a relevant body must grant that request, save to the extent that it is not appropriate to secure provision of all or any part of the relevant health service by that means in the circumstances of the eligible person’s case.
(4A) Where a relevant body arranges a personal health budget under paragraph (4), it must decide which of the ways mentioned in paragraph (2) would be the most appropriate way in which to manage that personal health budget.]
(5) A relevant body must make arrangements for eligible persons for whom a personal health budget has been arranged, and their representatives, to obtain information, advice and other support in connection with the management of the personal health budget.
(6) The duty in paragraph (5) does not apply in relation to any part of a personal health budget to which regulation 9 of the National Health Service (Direct Payments) Regulations 2013 (information, advice and other support) applies.
(7) If a relevant body decides to refuse a request for a personal health budget made by or on behalf of an eligible person [F3in full or in part], it must provide that person and their representatives with the reasons for that decision in writing.
(8) [F4On receipt of—
(a)a decision under paragraph (4A); or
(b)written reasons in accordance with paragraph (7),]
an eligible person or a person acting on the eligible person’s behalf may require a relevant body to undertake a review of the decision and may provide evidence or information for the relevant body to consider as part of that review.
(9) A relevant body must inform the eligible person or their representatives in writing of the decision following a review, and state the reasons for the decision.
(10) A relevant body may not be required to undertake more than one review following a decision under paragraph (7) in any six month period.]
Textual Amendments
F2Reg. 32B(4)(4A) substituted for reg. 32B(4) (1.10.2014) by The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1611), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(a)