Bill
Aged Care Amendment (Aged Care Recipient Classification) Bill 2020
passed, as at 2020-12-17. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-10-21
- second reading — 2020-10-21
- second reading — 2020-12-08
- second reading — 2020-12-08
- committee — 2020-12-08
- third reading — 2020-12-08
- introduced — 2020-12-09
- second reading — 2020-12-09
- second reading — 2020-12-10
- second reading — 2020-12-10
- third reading — 2020-12-10
- passed — 2020-12-10
- royal assent — 2020-12-17
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 2020-10-21.
The bill would let the Department of Health Secretary assess the care needs of aged care residents using a new optional method.
It adds a new part to the Aged Care Act 1997 giving the Secretary the power to classify residents on their own initiative, based on a new assessment tool.
The new classification system would apply to all residential aged care residents from 1 March 2021, but would not change how subsidies are calculated.
- Introduces a discretionary procedure for classifying residents of residential aged care and some flexible care.
- Allows the Secretary of the Department of Health to assess care needs using a new assessment tool.
- Enables classification of residents into new levels based on the assessment results.
- Makes consequential amendments to other parts of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Older Australians receiving residential aged care or some types of flexible care, and approved aged care providers.
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