Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Bill 2013

Summary

Part of a package of five bills in relation to the Living Longer Living Better aged care package, the bill amends: the Aged Care Act 1997 to: remove the distinction between low level and high level residential care; provide for a means test combining income and assets tests and annual and lifetime caps on means tested care fees; provide for a dementia supplement, veterans’ mental health supplement and workforce supplement to be payable to providers who care for eligible care recipients; enable care recipients to choose the method by which they pay for accommodation, including by a fully refundable lump sum, a rental style periodic payment, or a combination of both; replace community care and some forms of care delivered in a person’s home with home care; extend the community visitors scheme to people in home care; appoint and provide for the functions of an Aged Care Pricing Commissioner; require the commissioner to prepare an annual report; and provide that an independent review of this package is undertaken and provided to the minister by 1 July 2017; and eight Acts to make consequential and technical amendments.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	13 Mar 2013
Second reading moved	13 Mar 2013
Second reading debate	14 May 2013
Second reading debate	15 May 2013
Second reading debate	16 May 2013
Second reading debate	27 May 2013
Second reading agreed to	27 May 2013
Consideration in detail debate	27 May 2013
Third reading agreed to	27 May 2013

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	17 Jun 2013
Second reading moved	17 Jun 2013
Second reading debate	20 Jun 2013
Second reading debate	26 Jun 2013
Second reading agreed to	26 Jun 2013
Third reading agreed to : Amendment details: 30 Government and 4 Australian Greens agreed to	26 Jun 2013

House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message Details: House agreed to Senate amendments	26 Jun 2013


Text of bill as passed both Houses	26 Jun 2013
Assent Act no.: 76 Year: 2013	28 Jun 2013

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

As passed by both Houses

Explanatory memoranda

Additional supplementary explanatory memorandum

Correction to explanatory memorandum

Explanatory memorandum

Supplementary explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

House of representatives

Non-Government
WILKIE, Andrew, MP

Senate

Australian Greens [sheet 7393]
SIEWERT, Sen Rachel

Australian Greens [sheet 7396]
SIEWERT, Sen Rachel

Government [sheet BX255]

Government [sheet BX253]

Independent [sheet 7408]
XENOPHON, Sen Nick

Opposition [sheet 7395]
FIERRAVANTI-WELLS, Sen Connie

Schedules of amendments

Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (14/03/2013): Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Committee report (31/05/2013)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

Helpful information

Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

Circulated by members and senators when they propose to make changes to the bill. For details about the outcome of proposed amendments please refer to either the Votes and Proceedings (House of Representatives) or the Journals (Senate).

Schedules of amendments

Schedules of amendments list amendments agreed to by the second house are communicated to the first house for consideration. Subsequent action by either house may also be included in a schedule.