Second Reading Speeches

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025

Type
Government
Portfolio
Health, Disability and Ageing
Originating house
Senate
Status
Before Senate
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013
to: expand the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission’s powers to detect, prevent and respond to breaches of obligations under the Act; provide participants wishing to withdraw from the National Disability Insurance Scheme with additional safeguards and communication options; enable the National Disability Insurance Agency to move to an entirely electronic claiming system for providers; and ensure that plan variations can include an increase or decrease of the total funding amounts.

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