Ombudsman Amendment Act (Designated Public Bodies), 2010 Marchese, Rosario — Bill 131 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 131, 39-2

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Bill 131, Ombudsman Amendment Act (Designated Public Bodies), 2010

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Bill 131 2010

An Act to amend the Ombudsman Act to

give the Ombudsman power to investigate designated public bodies

Note:

This Act amends the Ombudsman Act. For the legislative history of the Act, see

the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative History at

www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her Majesty, by and with the advice

and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

(1) The Ombudsman Act is

amended by adding the following section:

Ombudsman may investigate designated

public bodies

14.1

(1) Anything

that the Ombudsman may do under this Act in respect of a governmental

organization, the Ombudsman may do in respect of,

(

a) a society within the meaning of the Child and Family Services Act ;

(

b) a board within the meaning of the Education Act ;

(

c) a home for special care within the meaning of

the Homes for Special Care

Act ;

(

d) a long-term care home within the meaning of

the Long-Term Care Homes

Act, 2007 ;

(

e) a private hospital within the meaning of the Private Hospitals Act ;

and

(

f) a hospital within the meaning of the Public Hospitals Act .

Reference to a governmental

organization

(2) If the Ombudsman

does or proposes to do anything in respect of a body listed in subsection (1),

any reference in this Act to a governmental organization shall be read as a

reference to the body.

(2) Subsection 14.1

(1) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), is amended by adding the

following clause:

(

g) a retirement home within the meaning of the Retirement Homes Act, 2010 .

Commencement

(1) Subject

to subsection (2), this Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal

Assent.

Same

(2) Subsection 1 (2) comes into force on the later of the

day this Act receives Royal Assent and the day

section 35 of the Retirement Homes Act, 2010

comes into force.

Short

title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Ombudsman Amendment Act (Designated Public Bodies), 2010 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill amends the Ombudsman

Act to give power to the Ombudsman to do anything it may do under

the Act in respect of a governmental organization in respect of a hospital,

long-term care home, school board, children's aid society and retirement home.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

November 15, 2010

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

November 15, 2010

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 131

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

Ombudsman Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 131, 39-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p39 s2 bill 131 html
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
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