The Federal Government has released further details of the rules that will guide how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) works for people with a disability, their families, carers and service providers.

The rules provide a further level of detail on how the NDIS will work, including how people with disability will be able to access the scheme, and how the Agency will determine what supports are reasonable to meet a person’s needs.

They also provide a guide to what kinds of supports will be funded, and what supports are best delivered by other systems of support, like the health or education systems.

The rules also set out how the NDIS Launch Transition Agency will work with people with disability, their families and carers and how service providers will register with the Agency.

These rules will also be able to be adjusted and updated as needed into the future to reflect the experience we gain through the NDIS launch.  

The rules are available at www.ndis.gov.au and will be open for public comment until 23 March 2013. 

You can have your say on the rules on the ‘Your Say’ online forum at http://yoursay.ndis.gov.au/.