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📜 Disability Services Amendment Bill 2012

Assented toLCBill 30212 September 2012

The Disability Services Amendment Bill 2012 amends the Disability Services Act 1993 to update standards, improve complaint handling, and ensure better service provision for people with disabilities. It focuses on quality, stakeholder interests, and compliance with Disability Services Standards.

Impact

People with disabilities, their carers, and disability service providers will be affected. The bill aims to improve the quality of services, ensure standards are met, and streamline complaint resolution processes, leading to better outcomes for people with disabilities.

Key Changes

["Introduces and modifies Disability Services Standards.", "Enhances the complaint handling process, including allowing professional registration boards to make complaints and enabling the Director to refer complaints to these boards.", "Requires prescribed service providers to provide annual returns on complaints received and actions taken.", "Modifies the composition of decision-making bodies to include individuals with recent experience as carers.", "Replaces Schedules 1 and 2, likely updating principles and objectives for disability services."]