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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Bill 2013
No. , 2013
(Health and Ageing)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Aged Care Act 1997 , and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
4............ Review of operation of amendments................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Amendments commencing on 1 July 2013 5
Part 1—Amendments 5
Aged Care Act 1997 5
Part 2—Transitional and savings provisions 27
Schedule 2—Amendments commencing on 1 January 2014 29
Part 1—Amendments 29
Aged Care Act 1997 29
Part 2—Transitional and savings provisions 38
Schedule 3—Amendments commencing on 1 July 2014 40
Part 1—Amendments 40
Aged Care Act 1997 40
Part 2—Transitional and savings provisions 134
Schedule 4—Amendments of other Acts 135
Part 1—Amendments commencing on 1 July 2013 135
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 135
Part 2—Amendments commencing on 1 July 2014 136
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 136
Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995 136
Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 137
Social Security Act 1991 137
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 139
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 140
Schedule 5—Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 145
Part 1—Enactment 145
Part 2—Amendments 146
Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 146
Part 3—Transitional and savings provisions 169
A Bill for an Act to amend the Aged Care Act 1997 , and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Act 2013 .
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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1. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedule 1 |
1 July 2013. |
1 July 2013 |
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3. Schedule 2 |
1 January 2014. |
1 January 2014 |
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4. Schedule 3 |
1 July 2014. |
1 July 2014 |
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5. Schedule 4, Part 1 |
1 July 2013. |
1 July 2013 |
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6. Schedule 4, Part 2 |
1 July 2014. |
1 July 2014 |
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7. Schedule 5, Part 1 |
1 July 2014.
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1 July 2014 |
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8. Schedule 5, Parts 2 and 3 |
Immediately after the commencement of the provision(s) covered by table item 7. |
1 July 2014 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
4 Review of operation of amendments
(1) The Minister must cause an independent review to be undertaken of the operation of the amendments made by:
(a) this Act; and
(b) the Aged Care (Bond Security) Amendment Act 2013 ; and
(c) the Aged Care (Bond Security) Levy Amendment Act 2013 .
(2) The review must consider at least the following matters:
(a) whether unmet demand for residential and home care places has been reduced;
(b) whether the number and mix of places for residential care and home care should continue to be controlled;
(c) whether further steps could be taken to change key aged care services from a supply driven model to a consumer demand driven model;
(d) the effectiveness of means testing arrangements for aged care services, including an assessment of the alignment of charges across residential care and home care services;
(e) the effectiveness of arrangements for regulating prices for aged care accommodation;
(f) the effectiveness of arrangements for protecting equity of access to aged care services for different population groups;
(g) the effectiveness of workforce strategies in aged care services, including strategies for the education, recruitment, retention and funding of aged care workers;
(h) the effectiveness of arrangements for protecting refundable deposits and accommodation bonds;
(i) the effectiveness of arrangements for facilitating access to aged care services;
(j) any other related matter that the Minister specifies.
(3) The review must make provision for public consultation and, in particular, must provide for consultation with:
(a) approved providers; and
(b) aged care workers; and
(c) consumers; and
(d) people with special needs; and
(e) carers; and
(f) representatives of consumers.
(4) The review must be undertaken as soon as practicable after the end of the period of 3 years after the commencement of Schedule 1.
(5) The person who undertakes the review must give the Minister a written report of the review within 12 months after the end of the 3 year period.
(6) The Minister must cause a copy of the report of the review to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of receiving it.