On 22 April 2026 Minister Butler announced the most significant NDIS restructure since the scheme began. Here's what it means — and where Caring Hands SA stands.
The most significant NDIS restructure since inception. Registration, commissioning, digital payment systems, eligibility overhaul, and scheme cost control all confirmed.
All SIL and platform providers must be registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission. Unregistered providers can no longer deliver SIL supports. Caring Hands SA is already registered since May 2024.
All providers enrol in a digital payment system. Evidence at point-of-service required. The NDIA currently has no visibility of evidence for 90% of claims — this closes that gap. SILLIVE already provides shift-level evidence.
Support budgets for social, civic, and community participation begin progressive adjustment toward an average of $26,000 per person. Evidence of goal-directed support becomes critical to justify funding.
Delayed from July 2026. Support Needs Assessments determine budgets and eligibility. More standardised, constrained plans. Providers with documented goal outcomes are best positioned.
Registration requirements expand beyond SIL and platform providers. Full implementation by end of 2030. The vetted provider landscape narrows further.
Participants will only be able to choose SIL providers from a Government-vetted list. Only accountable, quality-registered, and demonstrably outcomes-delivering providers will remain. This is the 2028 test Caring Hands SA is already building toward.
Every one of these changes is an environment Caring Hands SA was built to operate in from day one. Not a hurdle — our baseline.
If you're a Support Coordinator, guardian, or participant and you're not sure whether your current SIL provider will be operating after 1 July 2026 — book a conversation with us. No obligation.
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