Policy regarding denial of Self Management
Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,
Please provide documented clarification regarding mandatory Agency Management for Participants receiving Support Coordination.
Please provide documented clarification regarding mandatory Agency Management for Assistive Technology purchases above $1500.
Yours faithfully,
E HESEL
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Dear Applicant
Our Reference: FOI 19/20-0549
I refer to your correspondence dated and received on 8 November 2019 by
the National Disability Insurance Agency (Agency), in which you requested
access to:
“Please provide documented clarification regarding mandatory
Agency Management for Participants receiving Support Coordination.
Please provide documented clarification regarding mandatory Agency
Management for Assistive Technology purchases above $1500.”
Request under Freedom of Information Act
Currently your request is not valid under section 15 of the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act), as:
o you have not identified the specific document(s) of the Agency that
you are seeking access to.
Preliminary searches did not reveal any documents that we could identify
as potentially falling within the scope of your request.
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E HESEL left an annotation ()
They do not have the information because it does not exist. I was told Agency Managed was mandatory for Support Coordination by a Planner and a LAC and that the Plan would not be changed. This is not the case, I have since had this rectified by a Senior Planner. Stand your ground.