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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2023-05-02T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <dateModified time="2023-07-06T10:03:48+09:30" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Autism SA</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Autism SA</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2023-05-02T04:45:00+09:30" qonNum="236">
            <name>Autism SA</name>
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          <inserted>236 <by role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49">The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO </by>().22 February 2023).  Can the minister advise:</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;For the financial years of 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 (separated by financial year) how much funding was provided by the Department of Human Services to Autism SA?</inserted>
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        <page num="2516" />
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          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;How much funding was provided to Autism SA by the Department of Human Services in the 2022-23 Budget?</inserted>
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          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;What specific programs did funding in the 2022-23 budget support and how much did each program receive?</inserted>
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          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;How much funding was provided to Autism SA by the Department of Human Services in the 2022-23 Mid-Year Budget Review?</inserted>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Forest Industries</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2023-05-02T04:45:00+09:30" qonNum="236">
            <name>Autism SA</name>
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          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries):</by>  The Minister for Human Services has advised:</inserted>
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        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000690">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;2018-19</inserted>
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        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000691">
          <inserted>$2,043,30–various programs</inserted>
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        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000692">
          <inserted>2019-20</inserted>
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        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000693">
          <inserted>$412,036</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000694">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>$62,036–board/lodging for voluntary out of home care (VOHC)</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000695">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>$350,000–autism diagnostic service </inserted>
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        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000696">
          <inserted>2020-21</inserted>
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        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000697">
          <inserted>$513,661</inserted>
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        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000698">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>$1,800–COVID-19 service and support transformation</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000699">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>$10,000–Aboriginal cultural competency training</inserted>
          </item>
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        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000700">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>$115,525–board/lodging for VOHC</inserted>
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        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000701">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>$386,336–autism diagnostic service </inserted>
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        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000702">
          <inserted>2021-22</inserted>
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        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000703">
          <inserted>$588,625</inserted>
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        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000704">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>$278,625–board/lodging for VOHC</inserted>
          </item>
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        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000705">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>$310,000–autism diagnostic service</inserted>
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        <text id="202305028bf1f54c1d0844b480000706">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;$353,725.81</inserted>
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          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;Autism diagnostic service ($310,000) and VOCH ($43,725.81). Autism diagnostic funding is provided as a block whereas VOHC funding varies based on the number of young people supported in any given year, the duration of accommodation stays and the cost of individual homes. </inserted>
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          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;Nil.</inserted>
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