Ombudsman Amendment Act (Hospitals and Long-Term Care Facilities), 2008 Gélinas, France — Bill 89 (39th Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 89, 39-1

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Bill 89, Ombudsman Amendment Act (Hospitals and Long-Term Care Facilities), 2008

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Bill 89 2008

An Act to amend the Ombudsman Act with respect to hospitals

and long-term care facilities

This

Act amends the Ombudsman

Act . For the legislative history of the Act, see the Table of

Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative History on

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 hospitals, etc.

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) an

approved charitable home for the aged or an approved charitable institution

within the meaning of the Charitable

Institutions Act ;

(

b) a

home or joint home within the meaning of the Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes Act ;

(

c) a

home for special care within the meaning of the Homes for Special Care Act ;

(

d) a

nursing home within the meaning of the Nursing Homes Act ;

(

e) a

hospital within the meaning of the Public Hospitals Act ;

(

f) an

institution within the meaning of the Mental Hospitals Act ; and

(

g) a

private hospital within the meaning of the Private Hospitals Act .

Same

(2) If the Ombudsman does or proposes to do anything in

respect of a body listed under subsection (1), any reference in this Act to a

governmental organization is deemed to be a reference to the body.

(2) Clauses 14.1 (1) (a), (

b) and (

d) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), are repealed.

(3) Subsection

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

following clause:

(a.1) a

long-term care home within the meaning of the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 ;

Commencement

(1) Subject to subsections

(2) and (3), this Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

(2) Subsection 1 (2) comes into force

on the later of the day this Act receives Royal Assent and the day

section 194

of the Long-Term Care

Homes Act, 2007 comes into force.

(3) Subsection 1 (3) comes into force

on the later of the day this Act receives Royal Assent and the day

section 2 of

the Long-Term Care Homes

Act, 2007 comes into force.

Short title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Ombudsman Amendment Act

(Hospitals and Long-Term Care Facilities), 2008 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Currently,

under the Ombudsman Act ,

the Ombudsman may investigate decisions, recommendations, actions and omissions

of governmental bodies and may exercise other powers necessary for an

investigation. The Bill amends the Act to give the Ombudsman the same powers in

relation to hospitals and long-term care facilities.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

June 5, 2008

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

June 5, 2008

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

(2) Subsection 1 (2) comes into force on the later of the day this Act receives Royal Assent and the day

section 194 of the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 comes into force.

(3) Subsection 1 (3) comes into force on the later of the day this Act receives Royal Assent and the day

section 2 of the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 comes into force.

Acts affected - Bill 89

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 89, 39-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p39 s1 bill 89 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	500939705950382f105391a87d3f9b0d86287e32

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