Bill
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Transition Mobility Allowance to the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Bill 2016
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01. Social Services portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Social Services
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-10-13
- second reading — 2016-10-13
- second reading — 2016-11-21
- second reading — 2016-11-21
- third reading — 2016-11-21
- introduced — 2016-11-22
- second reading — 2016-11-22
- other — 2019-07-01
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 2016-10-13.
This bill would change how mobility allowance works to help people move to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
From 1 January 2017, new rules would apply for who can get mobility allowance and for how long it continues after someone no longer qualifies.
Mobility allowance would stop being paid on 1 July 2020, making the NDIS the main support for people with disability who need help to work or take part in economic activities.
- Changes the qualification criteria for new mobility allowance claims from 1 January 2017.
- Changes how long mobility allowance continues when someone stops being qualified in certain situations.
- Stops mobility allowance for people who move to the NDIS and then stop being NDIS participants.
- Ends mobility allowance on 1 July 2020.
People with disability who receive or claim mobility allowance and are moving to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
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