National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency
NDIA · DisabilityCare Australia · National Disability Insurance Agency
1 July 2013 – 2022
Renamed National Disability Insurance Agency in 2022.
Statutory body corporate that launched and administered the National Disability Insurance Scheme, from the first trial sites in July 2013 through the national rollout, deciding participant eligibility, approving plans and funding supports.
Names over time
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency2013–2022
- National Disability Insurance Agency2022–present
How it came into existence
Established on 1 July 2013 by section 117 of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 to manage the launch of the NDIS in trial sites, operating at first under the name DisabilityCare Australia. It built on NDIS design and launch preparation carried out in the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
- NDIS design and launch preparation
Legislation: National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013
Changes during its life
- 2013Dropped the DisabilityCare Australia name after the change of government and adopted the name National Disability Insurance Agency.
- 1 July 2013Began operating under the name DisabilityCare Australia.
- 18 September 2013Moved to the Social Services portfolio when the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs was replaced by the Department of Social Services.
- 1 July 2016Began the transition from trial sites to the full national rollout of the NDIS.
- Registration of NDIS providers
How it ended
Renamed the National Disability Insurance Agency, the name it had used since 2013, by the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Participant Service Guarantee and Other Measures) Act 2022, after the scheme had completed its transition to full operation.
Main functions
- Delivering the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Participant access and eligibility decisions
- Approving participant plans and funding reasonable and necessary supports
- Managing the NDIS fund and scheme sustainability
- Registration of NDIS providers (until the NDIS Commission took over, 2018–2020)
- Early childhood and local area coordination partnerships
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Social Services.
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Sources
Primary sources
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 11 December 2014 to 31 March 2024)
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (as made)
Government records and websites
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