12. Financial and 12.3 Statements of Intent Section has been adjusted and refers to Chapter 3, – capital forecast financial section 3.5 operations statements 12.4 Statement of Performance Section has been adjusted and refers to Chapter 3, Expectations section 3.5 12.30 Business New requirement 12.30.5 for DHBs to complete a Risk Profile Assessment for all projects. 12.32 Contribution to financial New requirement: DHBs will contribute to financial cost cost associated with associated with membership of the Australasian Health membership of the Infrastructure Alliance. Australasian Health Infrastructure Alliance 13. Monitoring and 13.2 DHB annual reporting From Oct/Nov 2015 DHBs will be required to produce reporting process Annual Reports in accordance with of the CE Act 2004 as amended by the CE Amendment Act 2013. 13.23 Before School Checks Existing requirement rewritten to remove ambiguity. Information System Appendix 4 Vulnerable Children Bill New legislative requirements are currently being Areas of new or considered as part of a Vulnerable Children Bill. As the emerging priority Bill progresses, it is anticipated that the impact of legislative changes on DHBs will be clarified, along with implementation expectations for 2014/15. The DHB 2014/15 planning and accountability documents and expectations will be updated as decisions are confirmed. Appendix 3: Māori Health Plan DHB template Background The mandatory requirements for DHBs in relation to Māori health from Section 6.1 are repeated below. Summary of mandatory requirements DHBs must: create a stand-alone Māori Health Plan to improve the health outcomes of Māori in line with the guidance given in Appendix 3 (Section 6.2) demonstrate that the Māori Health Plan is developed jointly with the PHO(s) (Section 6.2) demonstrate that the PHO(s) have actions in place necessary to effect the change they must achieve to implement the DHB Māori Health Plan (Section 6.2) work with Māori at both governance and operational levels (Section 6.3) enable Māori to contribute to decision-making on and to participate in the delivery of health and disability services (Section 6.4)
12. Financial and capital operations 12.3 Statements of Intent – forecast financial statements Section has been adjusted and refers to Chapter 3, section 3.5 12.4 Statement of Performance Expectations Section has been adjusted and refers to Chapter 3, section 3.5 12.30 Business New requirement 12.30.5 for DHBs to complete a Risk Profile Assessment for all projects. 12.32 Contribution to financial cost associated with membership of the Australasian Health Infrastructure Alliance New requirement: DHBs will contribute to financial cost associated with membership of the Australasian Health Infrastructure Alliance. 13. Monitoring and reporting 13.2 DHB annual reporting process From Oct/Nov 2015 DHBs will be required to produce Annual Reports in accordance with of the CE Act 2004 as amended by the CE Amendment Act 2013. 13.23 Before School Checks Information System Existing requirement rewritten to remove ambiguity. Appendix 4 Areas of new or emerging priority Vulnerable Children Bill New legislative requirements are currently being considered as part of a Vulnerable Children Bill. As the Bill progresses, it is anticipated that the impact of legislative changes on DHBs will be clarified, along with implementation expectations for 2014/15. The DHB 2014/15 planning and accountability documents and expectations will be updated as decisions are confirmed. Appendix 3: Māori Health Plan DHB template Background The mandatory requirements for DHBs in relation to Māori health from Section 6.1 are repeated below. Summary of mandatory requirements DHBs must: create a stand-alone Māori Health Plan to improve the health outcomes of Māori in line with the guidance given in Appendix 3 (Section 6.2) demonstrate that the Māori Health Plan is developed jointly with the PHO(s) (Section 6.2) demonstrate that the PHO(s) have actions in place necessary to effect the change they must achieve to implement the DHB Māori Health Plan (Section 6.2) work with Māori at both governance and operational levels (Section 6.3) enable Māori to contribute to decision-making on and to participate in the delivery of health and disability services (Section 6.4)
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