National Disability Insurance Scheme

In reply to Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (26 May 2016).

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse): The state government has committed funding during trial and for transition to full scheme rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in South Australia. I am advised by the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion, the state is providing an agreed, fixed per client contribution that amounts to 59.4% of individually funded support package costs, with the commonwealth government funding the remaining 40.6% of support package costs and 100% of operational and administrative costs associated with the scheme.

This means that every dollar contributed by the state government to the NDIS is being directed to support individual packages for NDIS participants.