Bill
Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Serious Incident Response Scheme and Other Measures) Bill 2020
passed, as at 2021-03-01. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-12-02
- second reading — 2020-12-02
- second reading — 2021-02-02
- second reading — 2021-02-02
- third reading — 2021-02-02
- introduced — 2021-02-03
- second reading — 2021-02-03
- second reading — 2021-02-04
- second reading — 2021-02-04
- committee — 2021-02-04
- third reading — 2021-02-15
- passed — 2021-02-15
- royal assent — 2021-03-01
Divisions
- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2021-02-02.110.6) to keep the usual [second reading motion](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) unchanged. The usual second reading motion is "*that the bill be read a second time*," which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. This vote was put after the MP for Hotham [Clare O'Neil](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/hotham/clare_o'neil) (Labor) proposed an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2021-02-02.17.3). ### Proposed amendment text > *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:* > > *(1) notes the systemic, ongoing failures in Australia's aged care system as evidenced by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, including, but not restricted to, serious incidents in residential aged care;* > > *(2) further notes the bill as drafted only deals with incidents in residential aged care facilities and not incidents that occur in home care; and* > > *(3) calls on the Government to explain their plan to deal with serious incidents that occur in home care."* — 2021-02-02, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 64, noes 57
- The majority voted against [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2021-02-04.148.1) introduced by South Australian Senator [Rex Patrick](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/rex_patrick) (Independent), which means they failed. Senator Patrick [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2021-02-04.148.1): > *this amendment is simply about making staffing ratios, and the qualifications of staff, available to people who may wish to put themselves into an aged-care facility. It may also assist relatives making choices in terms of putting people into facilities. It is a no-cost option, but it is informative to the users of the system.* — 2021-02-04, Senate: negative, ayes 11, noes 38
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