Bill Shorten’s proposed measures ramp up consequences for providers whose participants come to harm. Until now, only two have been taken to court.
NDIS providers could be hit with $15 million fines if they hurt or injure a participant in their care under the next tranche of Bill Shorten’s changes, which will ramp up criminal consequences to protect people using the scheme.
The scheme’s watchdog, the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, will also be able to refer providers for criminal prosecution for the first time if they seriously fail to comply with conditions. But the proposed laws will allow for significantly larger sums and Shorten said he hoped it would mean the end of unscrupulous practices in the $44 billion scheme, one of the most expensive government programs.“These changes are well overdue to ensure the watchdog has the powers it needs to keep dodgy providers out of the NDIS for good,” Shorten said.
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