Electricity life support
The Electricity Life Support Concession Scheme offers a monthly concession (paid quarterly) per machine
for eligible users of an oxygen concentrator or kidney dialysis machine to assist with meeting electricity costs.
The scheme provides financial assistance to seriously ill people who use home-based life support systems (oxygen concentrators or kidney dialysis machines) provided they have been medically assessed in accordance with the eligibility criteria determined by Queensland Health.
Eligibility to receive the concession is also dependent on the following:
- Oxygen concentrators must be provided rent-free by Queensland Health to persons who hold an eligible concession card and meet the eligibility criteria of the Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme.
- Kidney dialysis machines must be provided rent-free by Queensland Health to persons based on clinical needs and supplied through Queensland hospitals.
Full details of eligibility for the concession are listed on the application form.
Applications for this concession are automatically sent to applicants within 14 working days of receiving their machine.
For more information, contact Concession Services, Smart Service Queensland, Department of Communities on 3247 5907.