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  • Date
    26 Mar 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Infrastructure 
    Summary
    Part of a package of eight bills to reform the legal and governance framework for Norfolk Island, the bill amends the
    Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Act 2006
    to extend the levies in relation to certain obligations on approved providers to refund accommodation payment balances to Norfolk Island. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    24 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health, Disability and Ageing 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025, the bill supports the commencement of the
    Aged Care Act 2024
    by amending the
    Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Act 2006
    to ensure that the Act operates as intended. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    13 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    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 (Bond Security) Act 2006
    to: amend the long and short titles of the Act; and extend the Accommodation Bond Guarantee Scheme to refundable accommodation deposits and refundable accommodation contributions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    08 Dec 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Ageing 
    Summary
    Part of a package of three bills in relation to the protection of aged care residents’ accommodation bonds, the bill establishes a scheme to guarantee the repayment of aged care residents’ bond balances in the event that an approved provider of a residential aged care service or a flexible care service becomes insolvent and is unable to repay residents’ bond balances. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    13 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    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 (Bond Security) Levy Act 2006
    to: amend the long and short titles of the Act; and enable a levy to be imposed on approved providers for the costs incurred by the Commonwealth in refunding refundable accommodation deposit balances and refundable accommodation contribution balances. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    08 Dec 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Ageing 
    Summary
    Part of a package of three bills in relation to protection of aged care residents’ accommodation bonds, the bill enables the imposition of levies on approved providers in order to recover costs incurred by the Commonwealth as a result of repaying accommodation bond balances to residents in the event that an approved provider of a residential aged care service or a flexible care service becomes insolvent. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    21 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Aged Care 
    Summary
    The bill: provides for transitional arrangements to support the commencement of the
    Aged Care Act 2024
    ; makes consequential amendments to the
    Crimes Act 1914
    ,
    Freedom of Information Act 1982
    and
    National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013
    ; and repeals the
    Aged Care Act 1997
    ,
    Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018
    and
    Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    10 Oct 2016 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    COLLINS, Julie, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Act 2013
    to provide for an independent review of the operation of Part 2.4 of the
    Aged Care Act 1997
    , the Classification Principles 2014 and the Aged Care Funding Instrument. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    13 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    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. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    24 May 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Aged Care Act 1997
    and
    Australian Aged Care Quality Agency Act 2013
    to provide for a single set of aged care quality standards to apply to all Commonwealth funded aged care providers;
    Australian Aged Care Quality Agency Act 2013
    to vary the functions of the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency to reference the Aged Care Quality Standards; and
    Freedom of Information Act 1982
    to exempt protected information acquired by the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency from disclosure under the Act. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum