Bill
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Participant Service Guarantee and Other Measures) Bill 2022
passed, as at 2022-04-01. National Disability Insurance Scheme portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- National Disability Insurance Scheme
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-10-28
- second reading — 2021-10-28
- second reading — 2022-03-30
- second reading — 2022-03-30
- committee — 2022-03-30
- third reading — 2022-03-30
- introduced — 2022-03-30
- second reading — 2022-03-30
- third reading — 2022-03-30
- passed — 2022-03-30
- royal assent — 2022-04-01
Divisions
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Participant Service Guarantee and Other Measures) Bill 2022 - Consideration of amendments - Greens amendments — 2022-03-30, Senate: negative, ayes 9, noes 29
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2021-10-28.
This bill would cut red tape and set clearer decision-making timelines for the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
It would create a Participant Service Guarantee that puts into law how long key processes can take and how the Agency must engage with people.
The bill also simplifies plan changes, clarifies eligibility for those with episodic impairments, and lets the Agency pay providers directly for participants.
- The bill would set legislated timeframes and engagement principles for the Agency's main administrative tasks.
- It would simplify how a participant's plan can be changed.
- It would reduce other administrative burdens for participants, families and carers.
- It would clarify who qualifies when someone has a fluctuating or episodic impairment.
- It would let the Agency make direct payments for participants.
- It would remove redundant rules and rule-making powers left over from the NDIS's transition period.
People with disability who use the NDIS, along with their families and carers, are the main groups affected.
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