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National Disability Insurance Scheme (Supports for Participants) Rules 2013

National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (the Act)

The Act establishes the National Disability Insurance Scheme (the NDIS).

People who are participants in the NDIS will be assisted to develop a personal, goal-based plan about how they will be provided with general supports and reasonable and necessary supports.

The NDIS will respect the interests of people with disability in exercising choice and control about matters that affect them.

National Disability Insurance Scheme (Supports for Participants) Rules 2013

These Rules are made for the purposes of sections 33 and 34 of the Act.

These Rules are about assessment and determination of the reasonable and necessary supports that will be funded for participants under the NDIS.

These rules commence on 1 July 2013.

The Hon Jenny Macklin MP
Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Minister for Disability Reform

18 June 2013

Contents

National Disability Insurance Scheme (Supports for Participants) Rules 2013

Part 1 What these Rules are about

Part 2 Outline of these Rules
Introduction to supports for participants
Outline

Part 3 Assessing proposed supports
Value for money
Effective and beneficial and current good practice
Reasonable family, carer and other support
Supports appropriately funded or provided through the NDIS

Part 4 Needs assessment
Method
Use of assessment tools
Specification of assessment tools in guidelines

Part 5 General criteria for supports, and supports that will not be funded or provided
General criteria for supports
Supports that will not be funded or provided

Part 6 Other matters
Citation
Interpretation

Schedule 1  Considerations relating to whether supports are most appropriately funded through the NDIS
Health (excluding mental health)
Mental health
Early childhood development
Child protection and family support
School education
Higher education and vocational education and training
Employment
Housing and community infrastructure
Transport
Justice

       Part 1 What these Rules are about

    1.1 These Rules are about assessment and determination of the reasonable and necessary supports that will be funded and the general supports that will be provided for participants under the NDIS.

    1.2 The Act sets out a number of objects for the NDIS. The objects that are particularly relevant to these Rules are the following:

       (a) supporting the independence and social and economic participation of people with disability;

       (b) providing reasonable and necessary supports, including early intervention supports, for participants in the NDIS launch;

       (c) enabling people with disability to exercise choice and control in pursuit of their goals and the planning and delivery of their supports.

    1.3 In giving effect to these objects, regard is to be had to the need to ensure the financial sustainability of the NDIS.

    1.4 The Act also sets out a number of principles for the NDIS.