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Recommendations
Provision of services under the NDIS for people with
psychosocial disabilities
Recommendation 1
2.66 The committee recommends the NDIA immediately
commit resources to work with the mental health sector to refine the
psychosocial disability stream before it is rolled out nationally to ensure it
is fit-for-purpose.
Recommendation 2
2.68 The committee recommends the NDIA immediately
commit resources to provide additional training in mental health to staff and
planners to rollout the psychosocial disability stream nationally during 2019.
Recommendation 3
2.72 The committee recommends the Australian
Government extend funding for PIR, PHaMs and D2DL programs until 30 June 2021
and make public by 30 June 2020 how it intends to deliver longer-term
arrangements for existing program clients not eligible for the NDIS.
Recommendation 4
2.74 The committee recommends the Council of
Australian Government (COAG) conduct an audit of all Australian, state and
territory services, programs and associated funding available for mental
health.
Provision of services under the NDIS Early Childhood
Early Intervention Approach
Recommendation 5
2.124 The committee recommends the NDIA immediately
commit the necessary resources to address the delays experienced by families to
access services under the ECEI pathway.
Recommendation 6
2.126 The committee recommends the NDIA introduce Key
Performance Indicators for its ECEI partners that stipulate a maximum time to
complete each step of the access, planning and plan approval processes to
ensure all eligible children have an approved plan ready for implementation
within three months of being in contact with an ECEI partner.
Recommendation 7
2.127 The committee recommends the NDIA report on how
long it takes for eligible children to get a plan under the ECEI pathway as
part of its Quarterly Reports.
Recommendation 8
2.129 The committee recommends that an evaluation of the
pricing of Early Childhood Intervention services is undertaken as part of the
next annual NDIS pricing review.
Recommendation 9
2.131 The committee recommends the NDIA develop, in
collaboration with the Early Childhood Intervention sector, an Early Childhood
Intervention strategy that sets a national and consistent approach to the
delivery of Early Childhood Intervention services under the NDIS.
Transitional arrangements for the NDIS
Recommendation 10
2.180 The committee recommends the Council of Australian
Governments (COAG) Disability Reform Council agree to put in place a formal
mechanism that ensures a person-first principle is applied in the delivery of
services in the event of funding disputes between the NDIA and mainstream
services.
Recommendation 11
2.183 The committee recommends NDIA start trialling
alternatives to a fee-for-service delivery model to address thin markets in
rural and remote areas by the end of 2019.
Recommendation 12
2.186 The committee recommends the NDIA make public how
it will ensure provision of services in case of market failure in rural and
remote areas.
Recommendation 13
2.189 The committee recommends the NDIA establish within
the Complex Needs pathway a unit in each jurisdiction responsible for
coordinating and ensuring crisis service provision.
Provision of hearing services under the NDIS
Recommendation 14
2.212 The committee recommends the NDIA ensure that the
hearing referral pathway delivered by Australian Hearing is available to all
children.
Recommendation 15
2.214 The committee recommends Australian Hearing be
formally appointed as the independent referral pathway for access to early
intervention services under the NDIS on an ongoing basis, and funded
appropriately for this role.
Disability workforce
Recommendation 16
3.17 The committee recommends the NDIA consider how to
better reflect in its pricing of supports the additional administration and
professional development costs associated with operating in the NDIS
environment as part of the next annual NDIS pricing review.
Quality and Safeguards Commission
Recommendation 17
3.34 The committee recommends that the NDIS Quality
and Safeguards Commission urgently review the impact of its regulatory
requirements on sole providers and small to medium sized businesses providing
disability services and report to the parliament on its findings.
NDIA engagement with the disability sector
Recommendation 18
3.58 The committee recommends the Australian
Government consider adding to the Guiding Principles of the NDIS Act, a further
principle aimed at ensuring that the NDIA systematically engage and collaborate
with the disability sector and people with disability in the development and
review of its operational plans and guidelines.
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