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• Aged Care Amendment (Residential Care) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to: harmonise aged care and pension assets tests in relation to income streams purchased on or after 20 September 2007 and asset disposals (i.e. gifts); and clarify the delegation of certain powers to Aged Care Assessment Teams. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Amendment (Residential Care) Bill 2007

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  Date

  21 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to introduce new arrangements for allocating residential aged care subsidies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Amendment (Security and Protection) Bill 2007

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  Date

  08 Feb 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to establish: a scheme for compulsory reporting of abuse of persons in aged care; new complaints investigation procedures; and a new role of Aged Care Commissioner to replace the existing Commissioner for Complaints. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Amendment (Transition Care and Assets Testing) Bill 2005

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  Date

  10 Feb 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to support: the implementation of the Transition Care Program by providing leave arrangements for existing recipients of residential care to receive transition care following a hospital stay; and the transfer of assets testing for residents and prospective residents of aged care facilities from approved providers of residential aged care to Centrelink and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Amendment Bill 2000

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  Date

  07 Sep 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care Portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Amendment Bill 2004

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  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

• 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 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 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 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Leave) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  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