Another stage of consultation on rules opens
The Department of Health and Aged Care is looking for feedback on the new Aged Care Rules related to funding, obligations and place allocation, marking stage 4a of consultation.
System entry, obligations and conditions on registered providers – including reporting, record keeping topics and 24/7 registered nurses, funding for accommodation payments for multi-purpose services and mainstream residential care, and information management – including retention of records by former registered providers – are all open for consultation until 11 April.
This marks stage 4a of the consultation stage on the rules and includes topics in chapters 2, 3, 4 and 7 of the new Aged Care Act.
This consultation phase will focus on:
- how places are allocated to providers under certain specialist aged care programs
- reporting, record keeping and having a registered nurse on-site 24/7
- how accommodation payments work
- managing information, including rules for former providers.
So far, the department has published:
- stage 1 – aged care service list
- stage 2a – funding for Support at Home
- stage 2b – other funding, not including accommodation payments or grantee code of conduct
- stage 2c – grantee code of conduct, register of banning order, non-recovery or recoverable amounts
- stage 3 – some provider obligations
Feedback is open until 11 April and can be done via an online form.
A supporting document can be accessed here.
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