Lifetime Support Scheme Rules Review - Round 2
Consultation has concluded. Thanks for your contributions.
Have your say on proposed changes to the Lifetime Support Scheme Rules.
What's being decided?
The Lifetime Support Scheme (LSS) Rules have been reviewed and we invite you to provide feedback on the changes we have made after considering the first round of consultation.
The purpose of the LSS Rules is to provide clear guidelines on eligibility and the funding of treatment, care and support services for people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents in South Australia.
Your further feedback will be considered in the process of finalising the LSS Rules.
The revised LSS Rules, once published, will apply to all eligibility and treatment, care and support decisions from the date the Rules commence.
Background
The Lifetime Support Authority (LSA) manages the Lifetime Support Scheme (LSS) to provide necessary and reasonable treatment, care and support for people seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents in South Australia, regardless of fault.
The LSS Rules outline the criteria for eligibility under the LSS and the necessary and reasonable decision-making considerations for determining the treatment, care and support services to be funded. Further information about the LSA can be found on our LSA website.
The LSS Rules consist of 22 Parts. Each part is structured to cover different topics (such as Scheme eligibility, necessary & reasonable treatment, care and support decision making, assistive technology, home modifications, motor vehicle modifications, dental treatment, medical treatment etc.).
The Lifetime Support Authority has the responsibility to keep the Lifetime Support Scheme Rules under review, and this is the fourth time the LSS Rules have been reviewed since Scheme inception in 2014.
The Rules are to be read as a whole and in conjunction with the Motor Vehicle Accidents (Lifetime Support Scheme) Act 2013.
The LSA completed an internal review process with relevant staff throughout 2020-21.
The first phase of the LSS Rules public consultation commenced in December 2021 and concluded in February 2022. You can view this on the Lifetime Support Scheme Rules Review consultation page.
Get involved
You can review the proposed changes to the LSS Rules by reading the following key documents:
- Review the Summary of Changes (changes made after the first round of consultation).
- Proposed revised version of the LSS Rules (includes changes from the first round of consultation).
- Review the current version of the LSS Rules 2018
- Review the Motor Vehicle Accidents (Lifetime Support Scheme) Act 2013
Once you have reviewed these documents you can have your say by:
What are the next steps?
We will consider your feedback to finalise the draft LSS Rules and will share a summary of further changes (if any) on this site. The final Rules document will be released on this page once the LSS Rules have been finalised and published.
Consultation has concluded. Thanks for your contributions.
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Lifetime Support Scheme Rules 2022 approved
Thank you for your interest in the Lifetime Support Authority and the Lifetime Support Scheme rules review project.
The purpose of the LSS Rules is to provide clear guidelines on eligibility and the funding of treatment, care and support services for people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents in South Australia.
As part of the consultation process undertaken on the 14 December 2021 and 8 April 2022, your feedback has informed the final version of the LSS Rules.
The LSS Rules 2022 and are now in operation and apply to all eligibility, treatment, care and support decisions from 16 September 2022.
The amended version of the LSS Rules is also available for viewing on the Lifetime Support Authority web page.
We would like to thank all our valued stakeholders for participating in the consultation process.
If you have any questions, please contact us via lifetime.support@sa.gov.au
