Long-Term Care Homes Amendment Act, 2017 Walker, Bill — Bill 110 (41st Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 110, 41-2

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Bill 110, Long-Term Care Homes Amendment Act, 2017

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill requires the Minister to adjust the funding provided to long-term care

homes with which the Minister has an agreement or arrangement to provide

funding to the home with respect to its ongoing operating costs as of January 1

in a given year. The amount of any increase in funding required as a result of

the adjustment is to be paid out of funds appropriated for that purpose by the

Legislature.

Bill 110 2017

Act to amend the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 90 of the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 is

amended by adding the following subsections:

Annual

adjustment

(1.1) If,

as of January 1 in a given year, the Minister has an agreement or arrangement

in place to provide funding to a long-term care home with respect to its

ongoing operating costs, including with respect to the cost of food and utilities,

the Minister shall, on or before January 31, adjust the amount of funding set

out in the agreement or arrangement, or, if the funding has been adjusted in a

previous year under this subsection, that amount, in accordance with subsection

(1.2).

Percentage

of adjustment

(1.2) The

Minister shall adjust the funding by the percentage change between,

(

a) the

Ontario Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period immediately preceding the

12-month period described in clause (b); and

(

b) the

Ontario Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period ending on December 31 of

the previous calendar year.

Consumer

Price Index

(1.3) For

the purposes of subsection (1.2), the Ontario Consumer Price Index for a

12-month period is the Consumer Price Index for Ontario (All-Items) as reported

monthly by Statistics Canada under the authority of the Statistics

Act (Canada), averaged over the 12-month period.

negative adjustment

(1.4) Despite

subsection (1.1), if the percentage change in

the Ontario Consumer Price Index between

the 12-month period referred to in clause (1.2) (

a) and the 12-month period

referred to in clause (1.2) (

b) is a negative amount, the Minister shall not

adjust the funding.

Cost

of adjustment

(1.5) The

amount of any increase in funding required as a result of the adjustment under

subsection (1.1) shall be paid out of funds appropriated for that purpose by

the Legislature.

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Long-Term Care Homes

Amendment Act, 2017 .

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

March 30, 2017

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy

March 30, 2017

Second Reading

Carried

March 30, 2017

Second Reading

Debate

March 29, 2017

Motion to arrange proceedings

March 22, 2017

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

March 22, 2017

Committee

Second Reading

March 30, 2017

Mr. Bill Walker, Mr. Wayne Gates, Hon. Dipika Damerla, Mr. Lorne Coe, Ms. Teresa J. Armstrong, Hon. Glen R. Murray, Ms. Sylvia Jones, Mr. Michael Harris, Mr. Randy Pettapiece

March 30, 2017

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy.

Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 110

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

Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 110, 41-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s2 bill 110 html
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
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