Bill
Aged Care Amendment (Red Tape Reduction in Places Management) Bill 2015
passed, as at 2016-02-10. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-11-25
- second reading — 2015-11-25
- second reading — 2015-12-02
- second reading — 2015-12-02
- third reading — 2015-12-02
- introduced — 2016-02-02
- second reading — 2016-02-02
- second reading — 2016-02-03
- second reading — 2016-02-03
- third reading — 2016-02-03
- passed — 2016-02-03
- royal assent — 2016-02-10
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2015-11-25.
This bill would make it easier for approved aged care providers to transfer places between each other by treating proposed transfers as automatically approved, unless the Secretary steps in to block them.
It would also cut red tape by lengthening the provisional allocation period and limiting how many extensions providers can get, so care is delivered to older Australians more promptly.
The explanatory memorandum does not specify the new length of the provisional allocation period or the exact number of extensions allowed.
- Deems proposed transfers of places between approved providers as approved, subject to the Secretary's veto.
- Extends the current provisional allocation period for approved providers.
- Limits the number of extensions available for provisional allocations.
Approved aged care providers and older Australians receiving care.
Sources
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