Guarantee access to services including social, disability, and mental health services, and aged care (PER648)

Summary of proposal

This proposal has two components.

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Guarantee access to services including social, disability, and mental health services, and aged care (PER648)

Summary of proposal

This proposal has two components.

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Ensure access to mental health services for everyone who needs support (PER642)

Summary of proposal

This proposal would establish the following ten components relating to mental health services.

Component 1 – Workplace mental health interventions in small businesses

  • Provide ongoing funding of $50 million per year, indexed to the consumer price index (CPI), for mental health intervention measures in small businesses. Departmental expenses are included within this capped amount.

Component 2 – Mental health in larger businesses

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Ensure access to mental health services for everyone who needs support (PER642)

Summary of proposal

This proposal would establish the following ten components relating to mental health services.

Component 1 – Workplace mental health interventions in small businesses

  • Provide ongoing funding of $50 million per year, indexed to the consumer price index (CPI), for mental health intervention measures in small businesses. Departmental expenses are included within this capped amount.

Component 2 – Mental health in larger businesses

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Ensure access to mental health services for everyone who needs support (PER642)

Summary of proposal

This proposal would establish the following ten components relating to mental health services.

Component 1 – Workplace mental health interventions in small businesses

  • Provide ongoing funding of $50 million per year, indexed to the consumer price index (CPI), for mental health intervention measures in small businesses. Departmental expenses are included within this capped amount.

Component 2 – Mental health in larger businesses

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Ensure access to mental health services for everyone who needs support (PER642)

Summary of proposal

This proposal would establish the following ten components relating to mental health services.

Component 1 – Workplace mental health interventions in small businesses

  • Provide ongoing funding of $50 million per year, indexed to the consumer price index (CPI), for mental health intervention measures in small businesses. Departmental expenses are included within this capped amount.

Component 2 – Mental health in larger businesses

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Reform the primary health care system of chronic disease management (PER640)

Summary of proposal

The proposal comprises three components to manage chronic diseases in the Australian population by enrolling a specified number of patients in an ongoing chronic disease management scheme. The proposal would have effect from 1 July 2019. It would operate in addition to the incentives for general practitioners (GPs) implemented in the 2019-20 Budget measure Guaranteeing Medicare – strengthening primary care.

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Reform the primary health care system of chronic disease management (PER640)

Summary of proposal

The proposal comprises three components to manage chronic diseases in the Australian population by enrolling a specified number of patients in an ongoing chronic disease management scheme. The proposal would have effect from 1 July 2019. It would operate in addition to the incentives for general practitioners (GPs) implemented in the 2019-20 Budget measure Guaranteeing Medicare – strengthening primary care.

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Lifting the income threshold for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (ECR131)

Summary of proposal

The proposal would increase the income threshold for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (CSHC) from $57,761 for singles, $92,416 for couples, and $115,522 for separated couples (separated by illness), to $90,000 for singles, $144,000 for couples, and $180,000 for couples separated by illness.

This proposal would only consider the financial impact of changing the CSHC income test threshold, with all other policy settings remaining unchanged.

This proposal would be ongoing and have effect from 1 July 2022.

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Lifting the income threshold for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (ECR131)

Summary of proposal

The proposal would increase the income threshold for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (CSHC) from $57,761 for singles, $92,416 for couples, and $115,522 for separated couples (separated by illness), to $90,000 for singles, $144,000 for couples, and $180,000 for couples separated by illness.

This proposal would only consider the financial impact of changing the CSHC income test threshold, with all other policy settings remaining unchanged.

This proposal would be ongoing and have effect from 1 July 2022.

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