{"id":"F2018L01012","name":"Veterans’ Entitlements (Veteran Suicide Prevention Pilot) Determination 2018","slug":"veterans-entitlements-veteran-suicide-prevention-pilot-determination-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":97709,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2018L01012-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans’ Entitlements (Veteran Suicide Prevention Pilot) Determination 2018","content":"# ![](image.001.png)\n\nRepatriation Commission\n\nVeterans’ Entitlements (Veteran Suicide Prevention Pilot) Determination 2018\n\nInstrument 2018 No. R70\n\n```html\n

The Repatriation Commission, under subsection 88B(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, makes the following instrument.

Dated this 5th of July 2018

The Seal of the )

Repatriation Commission )

was affixed hereto in the ) SEAL

presence of: )

Mark Cormack

MARK CORMACK

C Orme

CRAIG ORME

DSC AM CSC

ACTING PRESIDENT

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

\n```\n\n1 Name\n\nThis instrument is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Veteran Suicide Prevention Pilot) Determination 2018.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.\n\n3 Authority\n\nThis instrument is made under subsection 88B(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.\n\n4 Purpose\n\nThe purpose of this instrument is to determine a class of persons who will be eligible to be provided with treatment, being treatment that is the provision of services under the program established by the Commonwealth and known as the Veteran Suicide Prevention pilot (also known as the Mental Health Clinical Management Pilot).\n\nNote: Details of the Veteran Suicide Prevention pilot can be found at https://www.dva.gov.au/.\n\n5 Definitions\n\nIn this instrument:\n\nAct means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.\n\nPermanent Forces has the same meaning as in the Defence Act 1903.\n\nrelevant hospital means:\n\n(a) the Belmont Private Hospital; or\n\n(b) the Caboolture Hospital; or\n\n(c) the Greenslopes Private Hospital; or\n\n(d) the New Farm Private Hospital; or\n\n(e) the Pine Rivers Private Hospital; or\n\n(f) the Princess Alexandra Hospital; or\n\n(g) the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital; or\n\n(h) the Prince Charles Hospital; or\n\n(i) the Toowong Private Hospital.\n\nveterans’ affairs law means an Act, or a provision of an Act, that in accordance with the Administrative Arrangements Order, is administered by the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs.\n\n6 Determined class of persons\n\nFor the purposes of subsection 88B(1) of the Act, the following class of persons is determined:\n\nA person who:\n\n(a) has ceased to be a member of the Permanent Forces; and\n\n(b) has been hospitalised at a relevant hospital for:\n\n(i) attempted suicide; or\n\n(ii) suicide ideation; or\n\n(iii) a mental health condition and has been clinically assessed as being at an increased risk of suicide; and\n\n(c) is eligible for treatment for a mental health condition on a non-liability health care basis, whether or not he or she is eligible for other treatment under a veterans’ affairs law; and\n\n(d) is an Australian resident living in Australia.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains tightly focused on its original purpose: establishing eligibility criteria for a specific suicide prevention pilot program. The scope has not expanded beyond determining which class of persons can access treatment under this pilot."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 6 sections)","Only 4 defined terms in the interpretation section","Single operative provision (section 6) with straightforward cumulative criteria","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act and Defence Act 1903","No exceptions, exemptions, or conditional logic beyond the basic eligibility criteria","Simple structure: name, commencement, authority, purpose, definitions, then the determination itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument creates a legal pathway allowing the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to provide free treatment under the Veteran Suicide Prevention Pilot (Mental Health Clinical Management Pilot) to certain former permanent Australian Defence Force members. Eligible people are Australian residents discharged from permanent service who’ve been hospitalised at listed Queensland hospitals for attempted suicide, suicidal ideation, or assessed high suicide risk, and those already eligible for DVA mental health treatment. It targets a vulnerable, geographically limited pilot group to test targeted suicide-prevention care."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument narrows eligibility under subsection 88B(1) by specifying a confined class (see section 6): former Permanent Forces members hospitalised at listed 'relevant hospitals' for suicide‑related reasons, eligible for non‑liability mental‑health treatment and resident in Australia. This confines who may receive Commonwealth‑funded pilot treatment compared with a broader, unspecified beneficiary pool under the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Specific eligibility criteria set out in section 6 (service history, hospitalisation reasons, clinical suicide‑risk assessment, non‑liability treatment eligibility, Australian residency).","Named list of 'relevant hospital' locations in section 5, which limits geographic/access scope.","Cross‑references to other legislation: Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (authority, defined term) and Defence Act 1903 (definition of 'Permanent Forces') (sections 3 and 5).","Reliance on a clinical judgement ('clinically assessed as being at an increased risk of suicide') introduces discretionary medical assessment (section 6(b)(iii)).","Funding/eligibility hinge on non‑liability health care status rather than broader veterans’ benefits (section 6(c)), creating a distinct entitlement pathway.","Instrument is narrowly framed as a pilot (purpose in section 4), so temporal/administrative limits and interplay with existing programs matter for implementation."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument names exactly which ex-Permanent Forces members can get treatment under the Commonwealth’s Veteran Suicide Prevention pilot: people hospitalised at specified hospitals for attempted suicide, suicidal ideation, or a mental‑health condition assessed as increasing suicide risk, who are eligible for non‑liability mental‑health treatment and live in Australia. It matters because it defines who the Commonwealth will pay for under the pilot and sets clinical, residency and hospital‑location requirements that control access."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-veteran-suicide-prevention-pilot-determination-2018","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-veteran-suicide-prevention-pilot-determination-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-veteran-suicide-prevention-pilot-determination-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-veteran-suicide-prevention-pilot-determination-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-veteran-suicide-prevention-pilot-determination-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-veteran-suicide-prevention-pilot-determination-2018/documents"}}