Bill
Aged Care (Single Quality Framework) Reform Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-09-21. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-05-24
- second reading — 2018-05-24
- second reading — 2018-06-20
- second reading — 2018-06-20
- third reading — 2018-06-20
- introduced — 2018-06-25
- second reading — 2018-06-25
- second reading — 2018-09-10
- second reading — 2018-09-10
- committee — 2018-09-10
- third reading — 2018-09-10
- passed — 2018-09-10
- royal assent — 2018-09-21
Divisions
- The majority voted against [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2018-09-10.163.1) moved by Senator [Derryn Hinch](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/victoria/derryn_hinch), which means they failed. The amendments would have introduced the concept of staff-resident ratios into the bill to address staffing shortage issues. — 2018-09-10, Senate: negative, ayes 13, noes 33
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2018-05-24.
The bill would create a single set of quality standards for all aged care providers.
It would update the role of the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency's chief executive to refer to these new standards.
Documents containing protected information held by the Quality Agency would be exempt from freedom of information requests, and unauthorised disclosure would be a criminal offence.
- Establishes a single set of aged care quality standards in the Quality of Care Principles.
- Changes the functions of the Quality Agency's chief executive to reference the new standards.
- Exempts documents with protected information from freedom of information disclosure.
- Makes unauthorised disclosure of protected information a criminal offence.
Aged care providers and the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency.
Sources
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