Tabled by
Baroness Bull
143: After Clause 155, insert the following new Clause—
“Social care cap for younger adults
In section 15 of the Care Act 2014 (cap on care costs), after subsection (4) insert—
“(4A) The Secretary of State must ensure that regulations made under subsection (4) specify a zero amount for adults—
(a) who are under the age of 40 when they first receive care and support to meet their eligible needs, or
(b) who have eligible needs which first required care and support before they reached the age of 40.’’”
Member’s explanatory statement
This new Clause would ensure that adults entering the care system under the age of 40, or who were under 40 when they first entered it, would have their care costs capped at zero, in line with the Dilnot report recommendation.