Bill
Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Increasing Consumer Choice) Bill 2016
passed, as at 2016-03-18. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-02-11
- second reading — 2016-02-11
- second reading — 2016-03-01
- second reading — 2016-03-02
- second reading — 2016-03-02
- third reading — 2016-03-02
- introduced — 2016-03-03
- second reading — 2016-03-03
- second reading — 2016-03-03
- second reading — 2016-03-03
- third reading — 2016-03-03
- passed — 2016-03-03
- royal assent — 2016-03-18
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 2016-02-11.
This bill would let older Australians who receive home care choose their own provider and take their government funding with them if they switch.
Funding would follow the consumer rather than being allocated to providers by region, and a national waiting list through My Aged Care would prioritise people based on need and wait time.
The changes start on 27 February 2017, with a second stage merging two home care programmes into one from July 2018 requiring separate legislation.
- Home care funding would be attached to the consumer, not to a provider or region.
- A single national system through My Aged Care would rank applicants for home care packages by need and waiting time.
- Red tape for providers would be cut, including removing the need to apply for new places through the Aged Care Approvals Round.
Older Australians receiving home care, aged care providers, and the My Aged Care gateway.
Sources
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