Stirling Griff (SA, Centre Alliance) Share this | Hansard source

I move amendment (1) on sheet 8804, revised:

(1) Page 82 (after line 21), after Schedule 3, insert:

Schedule 3A—Transparency of approved providers

Aged Care Act 1997

1 After section 9-2

Insert:

9-2A Obligation to provide Commissioner a report

(1) As soon as practicable within 3 months after the end of a financial year, an approved provider must provide the *Quality and Safety Commissioner with a written report for each facility operated by the provider that provided residential care in the financial year.

(2) The report must include the following information:

(a) the total income received by the provider from the facility;

(b) the sources of that income;

(c) the total amount spent in the financial year;

(d) the total cost of care expenditure which includes the itemised cost of the following:

  (i) food and food supplements;

  (ii) medical products;

  (iii) continence aids;

(e) the total cost of accommodation;

(f) the total cost of staff members for each category of staff member referred to in subsection (3);

(g) the total cost of staff member training;

(h) the total amount of other operational expenditure itemised by category;

(i) any amount paid to a related body corporate within the meaning of section 50 of the Corporations Act 2011.

Note: Approved providers have a responsibility under Part 4.3 to comply with this obligation. Failure to comply with a responsibility can result in a sanction being imposed under Part 7A of the *Quality and Safety Commission Act. The expenditure report provided under this section is made publicly available (see section 96-11).

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) (f), the categories of staff member are the following:

(a) registered nurses;

(b) enrolled nurses;

(c) personal care attendants;

(d) allied health staff;

(e) administrative staff;

(f) other staff members.

Note: The category of other staff members should be further broken down into appropriate categories.

(4) In this section:

staff member of an approved provider has the same meaning as in section 63-1AA.

2 After section 96-10

Insert:

96-11 Publication of reports by Commissioner

The *Quality and Safety Commissioner must make publicly available the report provided to the Commissioner under section 9-2A.

(2) Page 82 (after line 21), after Schedule 3, insert:

Schedule 3B—Staff to care recipient ratios

The CHAIR: The question is that amendment (1) on sheet 8804, as moved by Senator Griff, be agreed to.