7th Nov 2024, 1:23 PM – Representatives Aged Care Bill 2024, Aged Care Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 - Consideration in Detail - Advisory bodies

The majority voted in favour of a government amendment to remove the subclauses set out below, which means those subclauses will no longer be part of the bill.

Amendment text

(1) Clause 158, page 167 (line 26) to page 168 (line 18), omit subclauses (5) to (7).

Subclauses (5) to (7)

158 Advisory body requirements

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(5) It is a condition of registration that a registered provider of a kind prescribed by the rules must offer, in accordance with any requirements prescribed by the rules, aged care workers of the provider the opportunity to establish a body (the quality care worker voice body ) to:

(a) give responsible persons of the provider feedback about the quality of the funded aged care services delivered by the provider; and

(b) give responsible persons of the provider feedback on any other matters prescribed by the rules; and

(c) work collaboratively with the responsible persons and governing body of the provider to address any such feedback.

Note: A person may make a complaint to the Complaints Commissioner about compliance with this Act: see section 361.

(6) If a quality care worker voice body is established, a registered provider must require the governing body of the provider to:

(a) comply with any requirements regarding membership of the body and the terms and conditions of members of the body prescribed by the rules; and

(b) consider feedback given by the body when making decisions in relation to the quality of the funded aged care services delivered by the provider; and

(c) advise, in writing, the body how the governing body considered such feedback.

(7) It is a condition of registration that the registered provider must, if requested to do so by a quality care worker voice body, give the body information about the quality of the funded aged care services delivered by the provider.