Ontario Disability Support Program Amendment Act, 2003 Parsons, Ernie — Bill 75 (37th Parliament, 4th Session)

Bill 75, 37-4

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Bill 75, Ontario Disability Support Program Amendment Act, 2003

Parsons, Ernie

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Bill 75 2003

An Act to amend the

Ontario Disability Support

Program Act, 1997 to empower

the Integrity Commissioner

to determine the level of

income support

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

Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 11 of the Ontario Disability Support

Program Act, 1997 is repealed and the following

substituted:

Determination of income support

(1) The amount of income

support to be provided and the time and manner of providing that support

shall be determined in accordance with the regulations, but in making the

regulations, the Lieutenant Governor in Council shall consider the

recommendations made in a report made under this section.

Income support review

(2) The Integrity Commissioner appointed under the Members'

Integrity Act, 1994 shall, at such intervals as he or she considers

appropriate, review the amount of income support paid under subsection

(1) and make recommendations concerning the appropriate amount of support and the

time and manner for providing it.

Report

(3) Following each review, the Integrity Commissioner shall

prepare a report setting out his or her recommendations on the appropriate

amount of income support and the time and manner for providing it.

Same

(4) The report of the Integrity Commissioner may recommend,

(

a) that some classes of income support be made mandatory and must be

provided to persons who are eligible and other classes of income support be

made discretionary;

(

b) the classes of persons who will be eligible to receive the income

support; and

(

c) the method of determining what portion of income support should be

provided with respect to each person.

Tabling

(5) The Integrity Commissioner shall cause a copy of the report

to be delivered to the Speaker who shall, at the first opportunity, cause it

to be tabled in the Assembly and published in The Ontario

Gazette.

Effective date

(6) If the report recommends an increase in the amount of

income support, it may also recommend that the increase may be retroactive to

a date before the regulation made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council is

filed.

Commencement

2. This Act comes into force on the day it receives

Royal Assent.

Short title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Ontario

Disability Support Program Amendment Act, 2003 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Ontario

Disability Support Program Act, 1997 to empower the Integrity

Commissioner to make recommendations concerning the level of income support

to be set by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under the program and the

time and manner of providing it.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

June 2, 2003

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

June

2, 2003

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 75, 37-4
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p37 s4 bill 75 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	5832e4aa9f1fe6a29947ae7b7ce93b383683c3a3

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