It's been recommended that hundreds of thousands of participants and businesses within the National Disability Insurance Scheme be subject to a tiered registration process. The proposal aims to find the right balance between giving people choice in who supports them and protecting some of the scheme's most vulnerable.
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00:00You're going to do three pushes through this leg as hard as you can.
00:05Finding a physio who understands her disability was a game changer for Busselton woman, Nick
00:10Avery.
00:11I'm able to work full time for the first time and it's also meant that the loss of mobility
00:16is slowing down.
00:17She manages her son's package as well as her own.
00:21Living in regional WA, they rely on therapists and support workers who are not NDIS registered.
00:28There are often no NDIS registered providers and there never will be.
00:31Last year's review of the scheme recommended mandatory registration for all NDIS providers
00:37due to safety concerns.
00:39Today a task force recommended a tiered approach to registration based on risk.
00:44In-depth registration for high-risk settings such as group homes, less onerous registration
00:50for work requiring specialised skills like administering medication and basic registration
00:56for supports such as helping participants with low-risk tasks including grocery shopping.
01:02Nothing will change instantly and it's important that what comes next is done in consultation
01:11and co-design with people with disabilities.
01:15Those like Nick on self-directed plans can use services of their choice and register
01:20with the NDIS watchdog so their providers don't have to.
01:24It's an important safeguard to make sure the NDIS Commission knows who is providing
01:29the services to the people at most risk of violence and abuse.
01:34NDIS registration wasn't the only tricky topic up for discussion today.
01:38State premiers met with Federal Minister Bill Shorten as negotiations continue over their
01:44role in the scheme and who will deliver and fund key services.