(1) The National Treatment Purchase Fund Board (Establishment) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 179 of 2004) is amended -

(a) in Article 2, by inserting the following definitions:

"'approved nursing home' has the same meaning as in the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009;

'long-term residential care services' means long-term residential care services within the meaning of paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of 'long-term residential care services' in section 3(1) of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009;

'nursing home' has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 and includes an institution referred to in section 2(1)(h) of that Act;",

and

(b) in Article 4 -

(i) by the inserting after paragraph (1)(b) the following subparagraph:

"(ba) to make arrangements with a person it considers to be appropriate, being a proprietor of a nursing home, relating to the price at which long-term residential care services will be provided by such person to persons requiring such services and who are in receipt of financial support under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009;",

(ii) by the inserting after paragraph (1) the following paragraphs: