The National Disability Insurance Scheme
Emma Turner, Special Counsel, Russell Kennedy, Melbourne
16 May 2014
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The NDIS
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• Background
• 2011: Productivity Commission report
• National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cth)
• NDIA
• Objects of the Act
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• New funding model
• Removal of ‘block grants’ from government
• New user-pays system
• Marketing directed to people with disability and their families
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Preparing for the financial impacts of being a CDC provider –Graeme Wickenden, CFO, Villa Maria. Presented at Tri-State Conference & Exhibition Albury 2014
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• Contestability
• Choice and competition
• Not-for-profits and the need to get “lean and mean”
• Financial Considerations
• Buyers market
• Budgeting
• Reporting to NDIA and lodging claims
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• Access to the NDIS:
• Citizens/permanent residents
• Under 65
• Launch area
• Permanent impairment requiring assistance
• Early intervention
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• Individualised plans:
• Supports required to achieve goals and aspirations
• Administration:
• NDIA
• Registered plan management provider
• Plan nominee
• The individual receiving the services
• A combination of the above
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• Registration
• Required if plan managed by the NDIA
• Criteria for Registration
• Approval
• Profit or not-for-profit
• Scope
• Review process
• Revocation
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• NDIS rollout
• 1 July 2013: Tas, SA, NSW (Hunter), Vic (partial Barwon)
• 1 July 2014: ACT, NT (Barkly), WA (Perth Hills)
• From July 2016: roll out of full scheme in remaining areas
• July 2019: all eligible residents in Victoria covered
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• Performance to date
• NDIA Quarter 3 report media release
• As at May 2014
• 6,434 participants were eligible for the NDIS
• 5,414 of the participants had an approved plan by the end of March 2014
• Average package cost $34,000 (below expectation)
• High participant satisfaction
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