Bill
Aged Care Amendment (Staffing Ratio Disclosure) Bill 2018
lapsed, as at 2019-04-11. (s) SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Rebekha Sharkie
- Portfolio
- (s) SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-08-20
- second reading — 2018-08-20
- other — 2019-02-13
- second reading — 2019-02-18
- other — 2019-04-11
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 2018-08-20.
The bill would require aged care providers to publish staff-to-resident ratios every three months.
Providers must report ratios for each staff category to the Secretary, who would make the information public.
Providers may include a 250-word explanation with their report, and must notify the Secretary within 28 days if a ratio changes by more than 10%.
- Requires quarterly publication of staff-to-resident ratios for residential care services.
- Requires providers to report ratios by staff category, counting part-time staff as fractions of full-time equivalents.
- Requires providers to notify the Secretary within 28 days if a ratio changes by more than 10% between quarterly reports.
Approved providers of residential aged care services and the Secretary.
Sources
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