VICTORIA has been chosen to test a $6 billion national disability insurance scheme that its backers claim will be the biggest social reform since Medicare.

The scheme, which is among recommendations from the Productivity Commission to be delivered to the government today, will provide high-quality long-term support to anyone who acquires a significant disability, regardless of whether it was related to work and regardless of the state in which it took place.

Victoria will test a national disability insurance scheme. Credit:Jessica Hromas

The result of an 18-month investigation, the recommendations are expected to be stronger and more specific than those in an interim report delivered in February.

Victoria has offered to host a trial of the national scheme and has set up a taskforce to advise on its design.