THERE will be more cash for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in next year's budget, amid estimates that $4 to $5 billion is needed to transition from trial sites to a full rollout.
The scheme is expected to cost around $15 billion a year to run when fully implemented in 2018/19.
So far, the Labor government has set aside $1 billion to fund launch sites for the scheme but future funding commitments fall outside the four-year budget estimates period.
In an address to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Families Minister Jenny Macklin hinted there would be extra money allocated next year.
"You can anticipate additional funding for the national disability insurance scheme in next year's budget," Ms Macklin told reporters.
She will release draft legislation "shortly" and plans to introduce it to parliament in the final sitting week of parliament before the summer break.
"The legislation will establish a framework for a national scheme," Ms Macklin said.
The scheme will start in mid-2013 at five launch sites around Australia.
Ms Macklin said a parliamentary committee will examine the draft legislation and feedback will be sought from people with disabilities, their families, carers and disability workers.
The legislation will establish a launch transition agency as an independent body.
"It will play the central role in ending the frustration and confusion too many people currently face as they knock on the door of service provider after service provider looking for the support they need," she said.
The establishment of a ministerial council involving state, territory and federal government representatives would ensure the agency was accountable, she said.
John Della Bosca, the spokesman for the Every Australian Counts campaign which is pushing for the scheme, said the government was "ticking all the right boxes".
Mr Della Bosca estimated that $4 to $5 billion was needed for the scheme, over the forward estimates.
"We want to make sure the change from launch sites to expanding the scheme out is fully funded," he told AAP.
"That's what we're anxious about."
He said it was critical for the parliamentary inquiry into the legislation to hear first hand from those affected by disabilities.
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