Bill
Aged Care Amendment (Registered Nurses Ensuring Quality Care) Bill 2021
lapsed, as at 2022-07-25.
- Sponsor
- PATRICK, Sen Rex
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-09-01
- second reading — 2021-09-01
- other — 2022-07-25
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 2021-09-01.
The bill would require every licensed nursing home in Australia to have a registered nurse working at all times.
It amends the Aged Care Act 1997 to add a new responsibility for approved providers to ensure a registered nurse is always on duty in facilities offering residential or flexible care.
The change would take effect the day after the bill receives royal assent.
- Requires all approved aged care facilities to have a registered nurse on duty at all times.
- Adds a new paragraph to the Aged Care Act defining this as a provider responsibility.
- Defines 'registered nurse' by reference to state or territory registration laws.
Approved aged care facilities, their residents, and registered nurses.
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