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• Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Serious Incident Response Scheme and Other Measures) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aged Care Act 1997

  and

  Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018

  to: implement a Serious Incident Response Scheme for residential aged care and flexible care delivered in a residential aged care setting; and expand the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner's powers to administer and enforce the requirements of the scheme and the responsibilities of approved providers and related offences; and

  Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Legislation Amendment (New Commissioner Functions) Bill 2019

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  Date

  16 Oct 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Act 2006

  ,

  Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Act 2006

  ,

  Aged Care Act 1997

  and six other Acts to: transfer certain aged care regulatory functions and powers from the Secretary of the Department of Health to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner in relation to the approval, monitoring and enforcement of regulatory compliance of providers of aged care; and provide for the reconsideration and review of decisions in relation to the new functions of the commissioner. Also provides for transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Increasing Consumer Choice) Bill 2016

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  Date

  11 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  and

  Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to: enable funding for a home care package to ‘follow’ the care recipient; provide a consistent national approach to prioritising access to subsidised home care; and simplify the approval process for approved providers; and the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Aged Care Amendment (Red Tape Reduction in Places Management) Act 2016

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Improved Home Care Payment Administration No. 2) Bill 2020

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  Date

  21 Oct 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aged Care Act 1997

  and

  Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to amend the arrangements relating to the payment of home care subsidy to approved providers by providing that the Commonwealth will retain, on behalf of home care recipients, any subsidy that may be in excess of the care and services provided, to be drawn down as care and services are provided in future; and

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

  to ensure that the supply of home care remains GST-free. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Improved Home Care Payment Administration No. 1) Bill 2020

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  Date

  27 Feb 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  and

  Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to change home care subsidy from being paid to an approved provider in advance of the home care services being delivered to a consumer, to a payment made in arrears after the services have been delivered. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Emergency Leave) Bill 2020

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  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  and

  Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to: introduce an emergency leave type that will enable approved providers to remain eligible for residential care subsidy in declared emergency situations; and ensure that approved providers cannot charge aged care residents a fee during a declared emergency to reserve their place in an aged care service. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014

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  Date

  25 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges (Amendment) Bill 2014, the bill amends the:

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to remove the workforce supplement from the list of primary supplements provided for by the Subsidy Principles;

  Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments;

  Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995

  to enable the recovery of past home care costs under the compensation payment reduction scheme; and

  Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010

  to allow the collection, use and disclosure of information, including healthcare identifiers, for specified aged care purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No. 1) Bill 2021

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  Date

  27 May 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to insert a definition of 'restrictive practice' and provide for the Quality of Care Principles to specify certain requirements in relation to the use of a restrictive practice; enable the secretary to conduct home care assurance reviews; and remove the requirement for the Minister for Aged Care to establish a committee known as the Aged Care Financing Authority; and

  Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018

  to expand the powers of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner to include the ability to issue a written notice if an approved provider does not comply with their responsibilities and to apply for a civil penalty order against a provider if they do not comply with the written notice. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Amendment Bill 2011

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  Date

  26 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aged Care Act 1997

  in relation to: consumer protection for accommodation bonds paid to aged care services; and Complaints Principles replacing Investigation Principles; and

  Aged Care Act 1997

  ,

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  and

  National Health Act 1953

  to remove redundant provisions. Also repeals the

  Aged or Disabled Persons Care Act 1954

  and the

  Nursing Home Charge (Imposition) Act 1994

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jun 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to: remove the requirement for an aged care reassessment when residents move from low to high care within the same aged care residence; and remove the 5-year limit on payment of accommodation charges thereby allowing providers to levy an accommodation charge for the entire period that a liable person lives in the same aged care residence. Also contains an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum