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Registration Group R132

KB Type: Concept
Domain Area: Billing / Operational
Confidence: Provisional — requires Andrew's research to verify
Depth Hint: Standard
Version: 1.0 — 2026-04-26
Status: Provisional

Provisional article — seeded from NbLM. Requires Andrew's research to verify and expand.

Grounding Summary

Registration Group R132 refers to "Specialised Support Coordination," an expert-level capacity-building service tailored for NDIS participants with highly complex needs or high-level risks. Unlike standard Support Coordination (R106), providing R132 supports requires practitioners to hold specific professional qualifications, such as being a registered psychologist, occupational therapist, social worker, or mental health nurse. For support coordinators, understanding R132 is critical because the associated item code (07_004_0132_8_3) represents a significantly higher level of funding that must be carefully justified and is typically "stated" or ring-fenced within a plan.

Detail

What R132 Covers

Registration Group R132 encompasses:

Support Type Item Code Full Name
Level 3 Specialist Support Coordination 07_004_0132_8_3 Specialised Support Coordination

Required Qualifications

Unlike R106, which allows for lived-experience and mental health qualifications, R132 requires specific allied health credentials:

  • Registered Psychologist: APA-registered psychologist
  • Occupational Therapist: AOTA-registered occupational therapist
  • Social Worker: AASW-registered social worker (often with accreditation)
  • Mental Health Nurse: NMBA-registered nurse with mental health specialisation

These qualification requirements create a natural barrier that prevents R106 providers from accessing R132 funds.

The R132 Ring-Fence

The unique R132 classification creates an inherent "ring-fence" around Level 3 Specialist Support Coordination funding:

  1. Registration barrier: Only R132-registered providers can claim against R132 item codes
  2. Qualification barrier: Only allied health professionals can deliver R132 supports
  3. Digital lock typical: Planners almost always apply "Stated" designation to protect R132 funds

Even if a participant has flexible Category 07 funding, an R106 provider cannot legally or systemically access those funds for Level 3 services unless they also hold R132 registration.

Item Code Structure

The R132 item code 07_004_0132_8_3 breaks down as:

Position Value Meaning
1 07 Support Category 07 (Capacity Building)
2 004 Level 3 Specialist Support Coordination
3 0132 Registration Group R132
4 8 Outcome Domain 8 (Choice and Control)
5 3 Funding type (Capacity Building)

Why Planners Lock R132 Funds

Because Level 3 is an intensive and highly specialised support, NDIS planners almost universally safeguard these funds by applying a "Stated" designation. This functions as a hard "digital lock", ensuring that the protected funding cannot be drained by standard Level 1, Level 2, or PRC activities.

In the PACE portal, this is visualised through the "Allocated Items" table, which explicitly lists R132 allocations with a "Stated" status.

Justification Requirements

To secure R132 funding, support coordinators must demonstrate:

  • Complex needs: Participant faces highly complex barriers or crisis-level situations
  • Allied health intervention required: Standard coordination is insufficient
  • Value for money: The higher cost of R132 is justified by participant needs
  • Good practice: R132 aligns with current best practice for the participant's presentation

Relationship to Participant Statement Toolkit

The Participant Statement Toolkit allows coordinators to formally advocate for R132 funding through "Block 3: PACE Budget Architecture & Risk Mitigation":

  1. Recommend digital lock: Ensure the 07_004_0132_8_3 item code is explicitly ring-fenced
  2. Justify complexity: Document the participant's barriers requiring specialist intervention
  3. Protect specialised budget: Prevent R132 funds from being drained flexibly by R106 supports

Contrast with R106

Feature R106 R132
Supports Level 1, Level 2, PRC Level 3 Specialist SC
Qualifications Lived-experience, mental health Allied health (psychologist, OT, social worker)
Flexibility Interchangeable within group Ring-fenced, typically stated
Item Codes 07_001/002/003_0106_8/6_3 07_004_0132_8_3
Target Population Standard complexity Highly complex, crisis-level

Legislative Basis

Reference Provision Relevance to this article
NDIS Act 2013 s34(1)(d) Reasonable and necessary (good practice) Primary justification for requiring clinical professional
NDIS Act 2013 s34(1)(c) Reasonable and necessary (value for money) Higher cost of R132 must be justified
NDIS Amendment Act 2024 s33(2A)(b)-(c) Categorisation and funding components Basis for stating/digital locks on R132

Confidence is Provisional because this article is NbLM-generated and requires Andrew's research verification.

Open Questions

  • Q-KB-120 — Under the newly implemented PACE framework, what specific clinical evidence or functional capacity assessments do planners strictly require to justify the transition from Level 2 Coordination (R106) to Level 3 Specialist Support Coordination (R132)? — 2026-04-26
  • Q-KB-121 — If a PACE plan features dual specific planner instructions enabling both Level 2 (R106) and Level 3 (R132) within a single Category 07 pooled budget, how will the portal track the separate sub-budgets to prevent administrative overspending? — 2026-04-26

Entity Tags

  • entity: registration-group-r132
  • type: Concept
  • domain: Billing / Operational
  • confidence: Provisional
  • links: [[concepts/level-3-specialist-support-coordination]] via enables, [[concepts/registration-group-r106]] via contrasts-with

Change History

Date Change Source
2026-04-26 Initial article created from NbLM primer RS-06 ingest