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2016-2017
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Aged Care Amendment (Ratio of Skilled
Staff to Care Recipients) Bill 2017
No. , 2017
(Senator Hinch)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Aged Care Act 1997,
and for related purposes
No. , 2017
Aged Care Amendment (Ratio of Skilled Staff to Care Recipients) Bill
2017
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Aged Care Act 1997
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No. , 2017
Aged Care Amendment (Ratio of Skilled Staff to Care Recipients) Bill
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Aged Care Act 1997,
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and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the Aged Care Amendment (Ratio of Skilled Staff to
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Care Recipients) Act 2017.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Aged Care Act 1997
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1 Paragraph 54-1(1)(b)
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Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
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(b) to maintain an adequate and safe ratio of appropriately skilled
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staff to care recipients, to ensure that the care needs of care
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recipients are met;
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2 At the end of section 54-1
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Add:
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(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the ratio of appropriately
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skilled staff to care recipients is an adequate and safe ratio if, for
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aged care provided by an approved provider at a particular time,
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the ratio of appropriately skilled staff to care recipients is equal to
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or greater than the minimum ratio required to be provided by the
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Quality of Care Principles for:
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(a) the number of care recipients receiving care through the aged
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care service at that time; and
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(b) the type of care and level of care provided.
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3 At the end of Division 54 of Part 4.1
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Add:
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54-6 Staff to Care Recipient Ratio Standards
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(1) The Quality of Care Principles must set out Staff to Care Recipient
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Ratio Standards. Staff to Care Recipient Ratio Standards are
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standards for quality of care and quality of life for the provision of
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aged care.
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(2) The Staff to Care Recipient Ratio Standards must set out the
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minimum ratio of appropriately skilled staff to care recipients
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required to provide care at an aged care service at a particular time
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taking into account:
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(a) the number of recipients receiving care at that time; and
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Schedule 1 Amendments
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(b) the type of care provided; and
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(c) the level of care provided.
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