Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (PTSD Benefits), 2017 Natyshak, Taras — Bill 151 (41st Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 151, 41-2

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Bill 151, Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (PTSD Benefits), 2017

Natyshak, Taras

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997

to expand the application of the

section 14 entitlement to benefits under the

insurance plan for posttraumatic stress disorder to nurses, health care workers

providing close assistance to first responders, and workers other than police

officers who provide police services or support the work of persons who provide

police services.

Bill 151 2017

Act to amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 to expand the

entitlement to benefits under the insurance plan for posttraumatic stress

disorder

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

(1) The definition of "correctional services officer" in subsection

14 (1) of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997

is repealed and the following substituted:

"correctional

services officer" means a worker who is directly involved in the care, health,

discipline, safety and custody of an inmate confined to a correctional

institution, and includes a bailiff, probation officer or parole officer; ("agent

des services correctionnels")

(2) Subsection

14 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following definition:

"nurse"

means a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario; ("infirmière, infirmier")

(3) Paragraph

5 of subsection 14 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

5. Police

officers and other workers who provide police services or support the work of

persons who provide police services, including workers who provide

investigative support, workers in forensics, garage staff, offender transport

officers and civilian members or employees of a police force.

(4) Subsection

14 (2) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraphs:

6.1 Nurses.

6.2 Front

line workers and health care professionals who are involved in the delivery of

health care services, including the delivery of home care services, and who

provide close assistance to other workers listed in this subsection in

stressful and traumatic situations in a health care setting.

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Workplace Safety and

Insurance Amendment Act (PTSD Benefits), 2017 .

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

September 14, 2017

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

September 14, 2017

Second Reading

Carried on division

September 14, 2017

Second Reading

Debate

September 12, 2017

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

September 12, 2017

Committee

Second Reading

September 14, 2017

Mr. Taras Natyshak, Mme Nathalie Des Rosiers, Mr. Bill Walker, Ms. Cheri DiNovo, Mr. Mike Colle, Mrs Gila Martow, Ms. Jennifer K. French, Ms. Cindy Forster, Mme France Gelinas

September 14, 2017

Vote deferred

September 14, 2017

Carried on recorded division. Referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills.

Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 151

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

Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Document details

Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 151, 41-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s2 bill 151 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	49f20190cc7850e72ae566022950b57e7523df9d

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