Bill
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-12-10. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-09-12
- second reading — 2018-09-12
- second reading — 2018-09-19
- second reading — 2018-10-15
- second reading — 2018-10-17
- second reading — 2018-10-17
- third reading — 2018-10-17
- introduced — 2018-10-17
- second reading — 2018-10-17
- second reading — 2018-11-26
- second reading — 2018-11-26
- committee — 2018-11-26
- third reading — 2018-11-26
- passed — 2018-11-26
- royal assent — 2018-12-10
Divisions
- The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2018-10-17.111.2) to amend the usual [second reading motion](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html), which is a motion on whether to agree with the main idea of the bill. The usual wording is: "*That this bill be now read a second time.*" ### Amendment wording > *That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:* > *"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House notes the Government's mismanagement of aged care reform".* — 2018-10-17, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 68, noes 74
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2018-09-12.
This bill handles the follow-on and handover matters arising from the new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018.
It removes the earlier quality agency laws and updates the Aged Care Act 1997 and its principles so all references point to the new Commissioner instead of the old agency and complaints body.
The bill also keeps the current advisory council members in place on the new advisory council so it can start work right away.
- Repeals the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency Act 2013 and the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency (Transitional Provisions) Act 2013.
- Amends the Aged Care Act 1997 and associated principles to substitute the new Commissioner for the old agency, its CEO, and the Complaints Commissioner.
- Provides for administrative transfer of functions from the old agency and the Complaints Commissioner to the new Commission.
- Continues the appointments of existing advisory council members on the new advisory council.
The affected parties are the old quality agency, the complaints commissioner, their staff and functions, and the members of the advisory council.
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