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This fact sheet provides additional information about appropriate treatment
- The Bill means that access to the NDIS will only be granted when all appropriate treatment to
- The NDIS Amendment Bill Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum includes more information on this.
- Appropriate treatment is treatment that is regularly undertaken in Australia if public funding is available for that treatment.
- The Bill does not force anyone to have treatment.
- Restrictive practices do not count as appropriate treatment.
- ‘Appropriate treatment’ does not mean trying every possible treatment.
- A treatment would generally only be considered appropriate if it is expected to significantly improve, reduce, or manage the impact of a person's impairment.
- People would not be expected to have treatment that is unsuitable for them, carries significant risks, or could cause serious long-term side effects or lifelong impacts.