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29 Mar 2006
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the
Age Discrimination Act 2004
to: provide exemptions for certain Commonwealth Acts and regulations following expiry on 23 June 2006 of the temporary exemption which provided an exemption for all Commonwealth Acts and regulations for 2 years; provide exemptions for certain other legislative instruments, schemes and programs; clarify the application of some existing exemptions; and repeal an exemption for certain regulations no longer in force.
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08 Dec 2005
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Ageing
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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.
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- Date
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08 Dec 2005
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Ageing
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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08 Dec 2005
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Ageing
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Part of a package of three bills in relation to the protection of aged care residents’ accommodation bonds, the bill amends the
Aged Care Act 1997
and Aged Care (Consequential Provisions) Act 1997
to provide for new prudential regulatory arrangements in relation to the management of aged care residents’ accommodation bonds and entry contributions.
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- Date
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13 Feb 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the
Aged Care Act 1997
, Aged Care (Bond Security) Act 2006
and Aged Care (Bond Security) Levy Act 2006
to: simplify the fees and charges paid by residents of aged care facilities and the subsidies paid by the Commonwealth Government for residents who are unable to meet their own care and accommodation costs; broaden eligibility for community care grants for providers of Community Aged Care Packages and to providers of certain flexible care types; extend the application of aged care legislation to include Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands; and make technical amendments.
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- Date
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16 Oct 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the
Aged Care Act 1997
and Aged Care (Bond Security) Act 2006
to reflect business model changes to aged care services so that: approved provider status is linked to the allocation of funded aged care places; providers maintain appropriate expertise; 'key personnel' includes anyone with authority for controlling activities of a provider; assessments by Aged Care Assessment Teams are minimised; and accommodation bonds and similar payments are protected under the Accommodation Bond Guarantee Scheme.
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- Date
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23 Jun 1999
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Aged care portfolio
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- Date
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13 Sep 2006
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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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.
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21 Mar 2007
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the
Aged Care Act 1997
to introduce new arrangements for allocating residential aged care subsidies.
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- Date
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19 Sep 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the
Aged Care Act 1997
in relation to residential aged care to: simplify fees and charges paid by residents who cannot fully meet their own care and accommodation costs; combine the current concessional resident supplement and pensioner supplement into a single asset-tested accommodation supplement; broaden eligibility for community care grants for providers of Community Aged Care Packages; and extend eligibility to providers of Extended Aged Care at Home and Extended Aged Care at Home - Dementia. Also makes technical amendments to the Aged Care (Bond Security) Act 2006
and Aged Care (Bond Security) Levy Act 2006
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