Religious institutions are already subject to the ACT’s reportable conduct scheme when providing school, childcare, health and out-of-home care services, however the gaps were pointed out before it came into effect last year.

Legislation the territory government is introducing this week will expand the scheme to cover religious organisations' "activities, facilities, programs or services" from July 1.

Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Attorney-General Gordon Ramsay announced in a joint statement that the legislation excluded for nine months information given during a confession, a decision they said acknowledged "the complexity of such an inclusion" and allowed time for more consultation.

When the scheme was launched in June, it still did not cover church organisations, Scout groups, sporting clubs or dance schools.

The gaps in the incoming scheme were first drawn to the attention of the government in February last year.

At the time an ACT government spokesman said the scheme "certainly" covered all religious institutions that care for children. However Catholic Archbishop Christopher Prowse told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse the church had been asking the government to "raise the bar" on its scheme.

Since July last year, all government organisations dealing with children have had to report allegations, offences or convictions related to children to the ACT Ombudsman within 30 days and launch an investigation.

Reportable conduct can include grooming, sexting and indecent behaviour that falls below a criminal threshold. Criminal behaviour must still be reported to police.

From July survivors of child sexual abuse in institutions working under the ACT government will be eligible for support after the territory moved to opt into a new national redress scheme.

The scheme will provide access to counselling and psychological services, payments of up to $150,000, and direct responses from the institution where the abuse occurred.