Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGED CARE ACT 1997 - SECT 86.9

  (1)   The Secretary may make publicly available the following information about an * aged care service:

  (a)   the name, address and telephone number of the service;

  (b)   the number of * places (if any) included in the service;

  (ba)   if the service is a home care service--the number of care recipients provided with care through the service;

  (c)   the location of the service and its proximity to community facilities, for example, public transport, shops, libraries and community centres;

  (d)   the services provided by the service;

  (e)   the fees and charges connected with the service, including * accommodation payments, * accommodation contributions, * accommodation bonds and * accommodation charges;

  (f)   the facilities and activities available to care recipients receiving care through the service;

  (g)   the name of the approved provider of the service and the names of directors, or members of the committee of management, of the approved provider;

  (h)   the amounts of funding received by the service under this Act or the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 ;

  (i)   information about the variety and type of service provided by approved providers;

  (j)   any action taken, or intended to be taken, under this Act to protect the welfare of care recipients at a particular service, and the reasons for that action;

  (k)   information about the service's status under this Act or the * Quality and Safety Commission Act (for example, the service's accreditation record);

  (l)   information about the approved provider's performance in relation to responsibilities and standards under this Act;

  (la)   information about any non - compliance with notices given to the approved provider under section   95BA - 5 or 95BA - 6;

  (lb)   information about any failure of the approved provider to comply with section   95BA - 7;

  (m)   any other information of a kind specified in the Information Principles for the purposes of this section.

Note:   The Information Principles are made by the Minister under section   96 - 1.

  (2)   Information disclosed under subsection   (1) must not include * personal information about a person (other than the information referred to in paragraph   (1)(g)).