3. Capacity building

Capacity building means supports that help you do more things for yourself.

You will get NDIS money for each kind of support that you need.

Your NDIS plan will say how much NDIS money you can spend on each kind of support.

We call this your funding component amount.

How long does your NDIS money last for?

How long your NDIS money lasts for is called your funding period.

Your NDIS plan might have

• 1 funding period that goes for 1 year

or

• lots of funding periods that go for less than 1 year.

For example, a 1 year NDIS plan might have two funding periods that go for half a year each.

We will have a new framework for NDIS budgets

Framework means how we decide how much money should be in your NDIS budget.

We will find out how much NDIS money you should get by

• looking at your impairment notice

• looking at your needs assessment.

We will make new rules about NDIS supports.

NDIS supports means services you get from the NDIS, like a support worker.

The new rules will say what you

• are allowed to spend your NDIS money on

and

• are not allowed to spend your NDIS money on.

We will have new rules for when you do not have to pay an NDIS debt.

You might get an NDIS debt if you spend NDIS money on something that is not allowed.

Sometimes we might tell you what you must spend some of your NDIS money on to

• keep you safe

• make sure you do not run out of money.

Our new law makes rules for how an NDIS claim must be made.

Claim means you ask for NDIS money for a service or support.

The rules say a claim must

• be made by the person who manages your NDIS budget

• be made on the right form

• have all the right information.

The National Disability Insurance Agency will work with people with disability to

• make sure they understand the rules for NDIS claims

• make sure the rules for NDIS claims meet their needs.

The National Disability Insurance Agency means the people who look after the NDIS.

We call it the agency.

3. We will make sure we have the best possible services

Our new law says the agency can

• look at how NDIS money is spent

• change who manages your NDIS budget

• find out if there is fraud in how NDIS money is spent.

Fraud means someone hides the truth about how they spend NDIS money.

We will make new rules for the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.

The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission makes sure

• NDIS services are the best they can be

• NDIS services are safe

• people who give NDIS services do a good job.

We will make new rules about

• who can give services in the NDIS

• who cannot give services in the NDIS.

When will we make the new NDIS rules?

We will make the new rules after we ask people with disability what they want.

We will tell you when we want to ask people with disability about the new NDIS rules.

All the state and territory governments must agree to the new rules.

We will tell you when you need to follow the new rules.

More information

For more information contact the Department of Social Services.

Email enquiries@dss.gov.au

You can read more about our new law on our website

Website dss.gov.au/NDISreforms

Join our list to

• get new information about our law
• hear about consultations.

Website dss.gov.au/disability-and-carers

If you need help with English

Use the free Translating and Interpreting Service or TIS to make a phone call.

You can call the TIS in your language.

Call 131 450

Give the TIS officer the phone number you want to call.

If you need help to speak or listen

Use the National Relay Service to make a phone call.

You must sign up to the service first.

Website accesshub.gov.au/nrs-helpdesk(Opens external website)

Call 1800 555 660

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