Compassionate Care Act, 2017 Oosterhoff, Sam — Bill 182 (41st Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 182, 41-2

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Bill 182, Compassionate Care Act, 2017

Oosterhoff, Sam

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill enacts the Compassionate Care Act, 2017 . The

Act requires the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to develop a provincial

framework designed to support improved access to hospice palliative care. The

Minister must table a report setting out the provincial framework in the

Legislative Assembly within one year after the Bill comes into force. Within

five years after the report is tabled, the Minister must prepare and table a

report on the state of hospice palliative care in Ontario. Each report must be

published on a Government of Ontario website.

Bill 182 2017

Act providing for the development of a provincial framework on hospice palliative

care

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Provincial

framework on hospice palliative care

(1) The

Minister of Health and Long-Term Care shall develop a provincial framework designed

to support improved access to hospice palliative care, provided through hospitals,

home care, long-term care homes and hospices, that, among other things,

(

a) defines

what hospice palliative care is;

(

b) identifies

the hospice palliative care training and education needs of health care

providers as well as other caregivers;

(

c) identifies

measures to support hospice palliative care providers;

(

d) promotes

research and the collection of data on hospice palliative care;

(

e) identifies

measures to facilitate consistent access to hospice palliative care across Ontario;

and

(

f) takes

into consideration existing hospice palliative care frameworks, strategies and

best practices.

Consultation

(2) The

Minister shall develop the provincial framework in consultation with hospice palliative

care providers, any other affected ministries, the federal government and any

other persons or entities that the Minister considers appropriate in the

circumstances.

Same

(3) The

Minister shall initiate the consultations referred to in subsection (2) within

six months after the day on which this Act comes into force.

Report

to Assembly

(1) The

Minister of Health and Long-Term Care shall prepare a report setting out the provincial

framework on hospice palliative care and shall lay the report before the

Assembly within one year after the day on which this Act comes into force.

Publication

(2) The

Minister shall publish the report on a Government of Ontario website within 10

days after the day on which the report is tabled in the Assembly.

Report

re state of hospice palliative care in Ontario

(1) Within

five years after the day on which the report referred to in

section 2 is tabled

in the Assembly, the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care shall prepare a

report on the state of hospice palliative care in Ontario and shall cause the

report to be laid before the Assembly on any of the first 15 days on which that

Assembly is sitting after the report is completed.

Publication

(2) The

Minister shall publish the report on a Government of Ontario website within 10

days after the day on which the report is tabled in the Assembly.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Compassionate Care Act,

2017 .

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

December 14, 2017

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

December 14, 2017

Second Reading

Carried

December 14, 2017

Second Reading

Debate

November 27, 2017

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

November 27, 2017

Committee

Second Reading

December 14, 2017

Mr. Sam Oosterhoff, Mr. Wayne Gates, Mr. Bill Walker, Mme France Gelinas, Mr. Steve Clark, Ms. Lisa MacLeod, Mr. Monte McNaughton, Mr. John Fraser

December 14, 2017

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 182

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Compassionate Care Act, 2017

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 182, 41-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s2 bill 182 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	0707ca874dd5e1f36dcecbced9238cfc1ede3018

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