Billing contracts

A billing contract between the location and a service user / location contact to pay towards care fees for a service user.

The billing contract object

Attributes

_id
string

A unique Id for the billing contract.
billing_ruleset
string

The billing ruleset for the billing contract.
billing_schedule
string

The billing schedule for the billing contract.
cancelled
string

The date/time the billing contract was cancelled (if cancelled).
care_fund
string

The care fund the billing contract is funded by (used to track the remaining funds).
contributes_to
list of strings

A list of billing contracts that contribute fees to this billing contract.
contribution_type
string

The type of contribution this billing contract is making; local_authority, contribution, fnc, chc, lifestyle, top_up, block_bed, dta_spot, fpc. Please note that contribution relates to private contributions.
created
string

The date/time the billing contract was created.
end_date
string

The number of days that this party will be billed for if the service user dies whilst a resident is at the home.
fee_contribution
string

The amount the contact will contribute towards the fees (per day/week).
fee_contribution_unit
string

The unit the fee contribution is defined in;day, week.
fee_fixed_until
string

Date when the current billing contract fee is fixed until.
invoice_item_type
string

The invoice item type that will be used when generating a line item for this billing contract.
invoice_ref
string

The reference to use when generating an invoice for this billing contract.
line_item_description
string

An additional description that will be appended to the line item description for line items generated for this billing contract.
location
string

The Id of the location the billing contract relates to.
location_contact
string

The location contact the billing contract relates to.
modified
string

The date/time the billing contract was modified.
notes
string

Any additional information about the billing contract.
service_user
string

The service user the billing contract relates to.
service_user_contact
string

The service user contact the billing contract relates to.
start_date
string

The date the billing contract starts.
with_self
boolean

Flag indicating if the billing contract is with the service user.

The billing contract object

{
    "_id": "6724fbd04f73a2cebf638e38",
    "billing_ruleset": "6724fbd04f73a2cebf638e30",
    "billing_schedule": "6724fbd04f73a2cebf638e22",
    "cancelled": null,
    "care_fund": null,
    "contributes_to": null,
    "contribution_type": "local_authority",
    "created": "2024-11-01 16:03:28",
    "end_date": null,
    "fee_contribution": 138554,
    "fee_contribution_unit": "week",
    "fee_fixed_until": null,
    "invoice_item_type": "6724fbc74f73a2cebf6377ee",
    "invoice_ref": null,
    "line_item_description": null,
    "location": "6724fbc74f73a2cebf6377fa",
    "location_contact": "6724fbc84f73a2cebf637822",
    "modified": "2024-11-01 16:03:28",
    "notes": null,
    "service_user": "6724fbca4f73a2cebf63868a",
    "service_user_contact": null,
    "start_date": "2022-08-12",
    "with_self": false
}

List all billing contracts

Return a list of billing contracts.

Parameters

attributes
optional

default ['_id']

A list of attributes to include for fetched objects.
filters-cancelled
optional

default unset

A filter that allows billing contracts to be filtered by whether the contract is cancelled.
- unset
- yes
- no
filters-contribution_type
optional

A filter that allows billing contracts to be filtered to a list of contribution types.
- local_authority
- contribution
- fnc
- chc
- lifestyle
- top_up
- block_bed
- dta_spot
- fpc
filters-end_date
optional

A filter that accepts a date and filters billing contracts to those that start before the given date.
filters-ids
optional

A filter that accepts a list of Ids and filters the items returned to those with an Id in the list.
filters-invoice_item_type
optional

A filter that accepts a list of invoice item type Ids and filters billing contracts by the invoice item type they use when generating an invoice line item.
filters-location
optional

A filter that accepts a list of location Ids and filters billing contracts by the location they relate to.
filters-location_contact
optional

A filter that accepts a list of location contact Ids and filters billing contracts to those where the billing party is one of the location contacts.
filters-max_fee_contribution
optional

A filter that accepts a fee (in pence) and filters billing contracts to those with a fee contribution equal to or less than the given fee.
filters-min_fee_contribution
optional

A filter that accepts a fee (in pence) and filters billing contracts to those with a fee contribution equal to or higher than the given fee.
filters-modified_after
optional

A filter that accepts a date/time and filters the items returned to those modified after the date/time.
filters-modified_before
optional

A filter that accepts a date/time and filters the items returned to those modified before the date/time.
filters-q
optional

A case insensitive keyword filter applied to the following fields; notes.
filters-service_user
optional

A filter that accepts a list of service user Ids and filters billing contracts by the service user they are for.
filters-service_user_contact
optional

A filter that accepts a list of service user contact Ids and filters billing contracts to those where the billing party is one of the service user contacts.
filters-start_date
optional

A filter that accepts a date and filters billing contracts to those that end after the given date (including if the billing contract has no end date set).
filters-with_self
optional

default unset

A filter that allows billing contracts to be filtered by whether the contract is with the associated service users.
- unset
- yes
- no
page
optional

default 1

The page number to fetch.
per_page
optional

default 10

The number of items to return per page.
sort_by
optional

default _id

A list of fields the returned items can be sorted by. Fields prefixed with minus (-) sign are sorted in descending order.
- _id
- created
- end_date
- modified
- start_date

Response

Returns a page of billing contracts.

var billingContracts = apiClient.Request(
    HttpMethod.Get,
    "billing-contracts",
    new MultiValueDict()
        .Add("attributes", "service_user", "start_date", "end_date")
        .Add("filters-contribution_type", "contribution")
);

<?php

$billing_contracts = $api_client->request(
    'GET',
    'billing-contracts',
    [
        'attributes'=>['service_user', 'start_date', 'end_date'],
        'filters-contribution_type'=>'contribution'
    ]
);

billing_contracts = api_client(
    'GET',
    'billing-contracts',
    params={
        'attributes': ['service_user', 'start_date', 'end_date'],
        'filters-contribution_type': 'contribution'
    }
)

billing_contracts = api_client.request(
    'GET',
    'billing-contracts',
    params: {
        'attributes' => ['service_user', 'start_date', 'end_date'],
        'filters-contribution_type' => 'contribution'
    }
)

Response

{
    "item_count": 59,
    "items": [
        {
            "_id": "6724fbd04f73a2cebf638e3a",
            "end_date": null,
            "service_user": "6724fbca4f73a2cebf63868a",
            "start_date": "2022-08-12"
        },
        {
            "_id": "6724fbd04f73a2cebf638e3c",
            "end_date": null,
            "service_user": "6724fbca4f73a2cebf638674",
            "start_date": "2022-10-21"
        },
        {
            "_id": "6724fbd04f73a2cebf638e3e",
            "end_date": null,
            "service_user": "6724fbca4f73a2cebf638674",
            "start_date": "2022-10-21"
        },
        {
            "_id": "6724fbd04f73a2cebf638e40",
            "end_date": null,
            "service_user": "6724fbca4f73a2cebf638642",
            "start_date": "2022-08-24"
        },
        {
            "_id": "6724fbd04f73a2cebf638e44",
            "end_date": null,
            "service_user": "6724fbca4f73a2cebf63872e",
            "start_date": "2024-04-02"
        },
        {
            "_id": "6724fbd04f73a2cebf638e46",
            "end_date": null,
            "service_user": "6724fbca4f73a2cebf638670",
            "start_date": "2022-08-20"
        },
        {
            "_id": "6724fbd04f73a2cebf638e4a",
            "end_date": null,
            "service_user": "6724fbca4f73a2cebf6386e2",
            "start_date": "2022-09-28"
        },
        {
            "_id": "6724fbd04f73a2cebf638e52",
            "end_date": null,
            "service_user": "6724fbca4f73a2cebf63863e",
            "start_date": "2022-10-09"
        },
        {
            "_id": "6724fbd04f73a2cebf638e54",
            "end_date": null,
            "service_user": "6724fbca4f73a2cebf63866c",
            "start_date": "2022-09-14"
        },
        {
            "_id": "6724fbd04f73a2cebf638e56",
            "end_date": null,
            "service_user": "6724fbca4f73a2cebf638760",
            "start_date": "2025-02-07"
        }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "page_count": 6,
    "per_page": 10
}

Retrieve an billing contract

Retrieve an billing contract object.

Response

Returns a billing contract object.

var billingContract = apiClient.Request(
    HttpMethod.Get,
    $"billing-contracts/{billingContractId}"
)

<?php

$billing_contract = $api_client->request(
    'GET',
    'billing-contracts/' . $billing_contract_id
);

billing_contract = api_client(
    'GET',
    f'billing-contracts/{billing_contract_id}'
)

billing_contract = api_client.request(
    'GET',
    "billing-contracts/#{billing_contract_id}"
)

Response

{
    "_id": "6724fbd04f73a2cebf638e38",
    "billing_ruleset": "6724fbd04f73a2cebf638e30",
    "billing_schedule": "6724fbd04f73a2cebf638e22",
    "cancelled": null,
    "care_fund": null,
    "contributes_to": null,
    "contribution_type": "local_authority",
    "created": "2024-11-01 16:03:28",
    "end_date": null,
    "fee_contribution": 138554,
    "fee_contribution_unit": "week",
    "fee_fixed_until": null,
    "invoice_item_type": "6724fbc74f73a2cebf6377ee",
    "invoice_ref": null,
    "line_item_description": null,
    "location": "6724fbc74f73a2cebf6377fa",
    "location_contact": "6724fbc84f73a2cebf637822",
    "modified": "2024-11-01 16:03:28",
    "notes": null,
    "service_user": "6724fbca4f73a2cebf63868a",
    "service_user_contact": null,
    "start_date": "2022-08-12",
    "with_self": false
}