Division
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2019-12-05.51.1) introduced by South Australian Senator [Stirling Griff](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/stirling_griff) (Centre Alliance), which means it failed. The amendment related to staff-to-care-recipient ratios. ### Amendment text > *Aged Care Act 1997* > > *1 After section 9-2* > > *Insert:* > > *9-2B Obligation to notify Commissioner about staff to care recipient ratios* > >> *(1) An approved provider must notify the Quality and Safety Commissioner in relation to each facility operated by the provider that provided residential care, on each notification day for each rostered shift, ratios of:* >> >>> *(a) care recipients to whom residential care is being provided through that facility; to* >>> >>> *(b) each category of staff member of the provider that provides a service connected with that facility.* >>> >>> *Note: Approved providers have a responsibility under Part 4.3 to comply with this obligation. Failure to comply with a responsibility can result in a sanction being imposed under Part 7A of the Quality and Safety Commission Act. Information notified under this section is made publicly available (see section 96-12).* >> >> *(2) In counting staff members for the purposes of this section, part-time staff members are to be taken into account as an appropriate fraction of a full-time equivalent.* >> >> *(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a notification day is:* >> >>> *(a) the 4 days, in each year, specified in the regulations; or* >>> >>> *(b) if no days are specified in the regulations for the purposes of paragraph (a)—each 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October.* >> >> *(4) For the purposes of subsection (1), the categories of staff member are the following:* >> >>> *(a) registered nurses;* >>> >>> *(b) enrolled nurses;* >>> >>> *(c) personal care attendants;* >>> >>> *(d) allied health staff;* >>> >>> *(e) other staff members involved in the de
Senate, 2019-12-05. negative: ayes 12, noes 41.
Question
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2019-12-05.51.1) introduced by South Australian Senator [Stirling Griff](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/stirling_griff) (Centre Alliance), which means it failed. The amendment related to staff-to-care-recipient ratios. ### Amendment text > *Aged Care Act 1997* > > *1 After section 9-2* > > *Insert:* > > *9-2B Obligation to notify Commissioner about staff to care recipient ratios* > >> *(1) An approved provider must notify the Quality and Safety Commissioner in relation to each facility operated by the provider that provided residential care, on each notification day for each rostered shift, ratios of:* >> >>> *(a) care recipients to whom residential care is being provided through that facility; to* >>> >>> *(b) each category of staff member of the provider that provides a service connected with that facility.* >>> >>> *Note: Approved providers have a responsibility under Part 4.3 to comply with this obligation. Failure to comply with a responsibility can result in a sanction being imposed under Part 7A of the Quality and Safety Commission Act. Information notified under this section is made publicly available (see section 96-12).* >> >> *(2) In counting staff members for the purposes of this section, part-time staff members are to be taken into account as an appropriate fraction of a full-time equivalent.* >> >> *(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a notification day is:* >> >>> *(a) the 4 days, in each year, specified in the regulations; or* >>> >>> *(b) if no days are specified in the regulations for the purposes of paragraph (a)—each 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October.* >> >> *(4) For the purposes of subsection (1), the categories of staff member are the following:* >> >>> *(a) registered nurses;* >>> >>> *(b) enrolled nurses;* >>> >>> *(c) personal care attendants;* >>> >>> *(d) allied health staff;* >>> >>> *(e) other staff members involved in the de
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