National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) reforms
Find out about the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) reforms.
Over the last couple of years, the scheme has been subjected to a few changes and reforms. The Information Paper Improving the National Disability Insurance Scheme outlines these reforms.
These reforms cover:
- the Participant Service Guarantee – aims to improve participants’ NDIS experience and the transparency, and consistency of NDIS decision-making. The Participant Service Charter and the Participant Service Improvement Plan were developed as part of this reform.
- Independent Assessments – designed to ensure fair and equitable access to the scheme. These have been put temporarily on hold by the NDIS Minister – the Honourable Senator Linda Reynolds.
- Supporting participants to use their NDIS funding – aims to provide greater flexibility to purchase disability-related supports. This reform introduces changes to the distinction between ‘core’ and ‘capacity building’ line items.
- Streamlining payments for supports to improve processing of claims and payments.
- Early Childhood Early Interventions (ECEI) supports to increase the age limit for ECEI pathway for children to 9 years old.
Find out more about current reforms on this Department of Social Services Engage page.