Aged Care Act
The Aged Care Act 1997 is the main law that sets out the rules for government-funded aged care including:
- funding
- regulation
- approval of providers
- subsidies and fees
- standards
- quality of care
- rights of people receiving care
- non-compliance.
The principles that sit under the Aged Care Act 1997 provide more detail on these rules:
- Accountability Principles 2014
- Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles 2014 – made under the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
- Allocation Principles 2014
- Approval of Care Recipients Principles 2014
- Classification Principles 2014
- Extra Service Principles 2014
- Fees and Payments Principles 2014 (No.2)
- Grant Principles 2014
- Information Principles 2014
- Quality of Care Principles 2014
- Records Principles 2014
- Subsidy Principles 2014
- User Rights Principles 2014
- Prioritised Home Care Recipients Principles 2016.
Other aged care laws
- Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
- Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Act 2006
- Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Act 2006
- Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Act 2013
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018.
Determinations
- Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014
- Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) (Subsidy and Other Measures) Determination 2014
- Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) (Residential Care Subsidy) Determination 2014
- Aged Care (Conditions of Allocation) Determination 2016
- Aged Care (Leave from Residential Care Services) (Situation of Emergency—Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential) Determination 2020.
Aged Care Diversity Framework
The Aged Care Diversity Framework aims to make sure our aged care services are respectful and inclusive. All people have a right to quality care, no matter their social, cultural, language, religious, spiritual, psychological, medical or care needs.
View the laws that support the Aged Care Diversity Framework.
Report on the Aged Care Act
Each year, we must report on the operation of the Aged Care Act 1997 to the Australian Parliament.
Read the latest report – 2022-23 Report on the Operation of the Aged Care Act 1997 – on the GEN Aged Care Data website.
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