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Bill 153, Long-Term Care Homes Amendment (Till Death Do Us Part) Act, 2019

Fife, Catherine

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Residents’ Bill of Rights set out in

section 3 of the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 by adding the right of

residents not to be separated from their spouses upon admission but to have

accommodation made available for both spouses so that they may continue to live

together.

Bill 153 2019

Act to amend the Long-Term Care Homes Act to provide spouses with the right to

live together in a home

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Subsection 3 (1) of the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007

is amended by adding the following paragraph:

20.1 Every

resident who requires care and is admitted to the home to receive that care has

the right upon admission not to be separated from their spouse and to have appropriate

accommodation made available for both spouses to live together in the home.

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 (Till Death Do Us Part), 2019 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

December 12, 2019

Second Reading

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Justice Policy

December 12, 2019

Second Reading

Vote

Carried

December 12, 2019

Second Reading

Debated

November 27, 2019

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

November 27, 2019

Committee

Second Reading

December 12, 2019

Ms. Catherine Fife, Ms. Effie J. Triantafilopoulos, Ms. Teresa J. Armstrong, Mr. Deepak Anand, Mme France Gélinas, Mr. Rudy Cuzzetto, Mr. Wayne Gates, Mr. Mike Harris, Mr. Joel Harden, Ms. Peggy Sattler

December 12, 2019

Declared carried. Referrred to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy.

Committee

Standing Committee on Justice Policy

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 153

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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