New Zealand Acts

PAE ORA (HEALTHY FUTURES) ACT 2022 - SECT 44

44 Health of Disabled People Strategy

1 The Minister must prepare and determine a Health of Disabled People Strategy.

2 The purpose of the Health of Disabled People Strategy is to provide a framework to guide health entities in improving health outcomes for disabled people and their families and whānau.

3 The Health of Disabled People Strategy must—

a) contain an assessment of the current state of health outcomes for disabled people and the performance of the health sector in relation to disabled people and their families and whānau; and

b) contain an assessment of the medium and long-term trends that will affect the health of disabled people and health sector performance; and

c) set out priorities for services and health sector improvements relating to the health of disabled people, including workforce development.

4 Subsection (3) does not limit what may be included in the Health of Disabled People Strategy.