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Bill 3, Compassionate Care Act, 2020

Oosterhoff, Sam

Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2020,

chapter 30

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a

reader’s aid to Bill 3 and does not form part of the law.

Bill 3 has been enacted as

Chapter 30 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2020.

The

Bill enacts the Compassionate Care Act, 2020 . The

purpose of the Act is to develop a framework to ensure that every Ontarian has

access to quality palliative care.

The

Act requires the Minister of Health to develop a provincial framework designed

to support improved access to palliative care. The Minister must table a report

setting out the provincial framework in the Legislative Assembly within one

year after the Bill comes into force. Within three years after the report is

tabled, the Minister must prepare and table a report on the state of palliative

care in Ontario. Each report must be published on a Government of Ontario

website.

Bill 3 2020

Act providing for the development of a provincial framework on palliative care

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Purpose

1 The purpose of this Act is to develop a

framework to ensure that every Ontarian has access to quality palliative care.

Provincial

framework on palliative care

(1) The

Minister of Health shall develop a provincial framework designed to support

improved access to palliative care, provided through hospitals, home care,

long-term care homes and hospices, that, among other things,

(

a) defines

what palliative care is;

(

b) identifies

the palliative care training and education needs of health care providers as

well as other caregivers;

(

c) identifies

measures to support palliative care providers;

(

d) identifies

research and common data elements on palliative care;

(

e) identifies

measures to facilitate equitable access to palliative care across Ontario, with

a focus on underserved populations;

(

f) identifies

measures to facilitate consistent access to palliative care across Ontario;

(

g) takes

into consideration existing palliative care frameworks, strategies and best

practices;

(

h) takes

into consideration and supports the needs of specific patient populations,

including paediatric patients; and

(

i) leverages

the expertise and capacities of other key partners in Ontario’s health system,

such as the Ministry of Long-Term Care, Ontario Health, Ontario Health Teams,

and other providers and organizations.

Development

of framework

(2) In

the development of the framework, the Minister shall consider information and

feedback received from previous and ongoing consultations with palliative care

providers, other affected ministries, the federal government and any other

persons or entities.

Same

(3) The

Minister shall initiate the consultations referred to in subsection (2) within

six months after the day on which this Act comes into force.

Report

to Assembly

(1) The

Minister of Health shall prepare a report setting out the provincial framework

on palliative care and shall lay the report before the Assembly within one year

after the day on which this Act comes into force.

Publication

(2) The

Minister shall publish the report on a Government of Ontario website within 10

days after the day on which the report is tabled in the Assembly.

Report

re state of palliative care in Ontario

(1) Within

three years after the day on which the report referred to in

section 3 is

tabled in the Assembly, the Minister of Health shall prepare a report on the

state of palliative care in Ontario and shall cause the report to be laid

before the Assembly on any of the first 15 days on which that Assembly is

sitting after the report is completed.

Publication

(2) The

Minister shall publish the report on a Government of Ontario website within 10

days after the day on which the report is tabled in the Assembly.

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Compassionate Care Act,

2020 .

Bill 3 As Amended by Standing Committee (PDF)

This

reprint of the Bill is marked to indicate the changes that were made in

Committee.

The

changes are indicated by underlines for

new text and a strikethrough for deleted text.

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill enacts the Compassionate

Care Act, 20 20 . The purpose of the Act is to develop a framework to ensure

that every Ontarian has access to quality palliative care.

The

Act requires the Minister of Health

and Long-Term Care to develop a provincial framework designed to

support improved access to hospice

palliative care. The Minister must table a report setting out the

provincial framework in the Legislative Assembly within one year after the Bill

comes into force. Within five three years after the

report is tabled, the Minister must prepare and table a report on the state of hospice palliative care in

Ontario. Each report must be published on a Government of Ontario website.

Bill 3 2020

Act providing for the development of a provincial framework on hospice palliative care

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Purpose

0.1

The purpose of this Act is to develop a

framework to ensure that every Ontarian has access to quality palliative care.

Provincial framework on hospice

palliative care

(1) The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care

shall develop a provincial framework designed to support improved access to

hospice palliative care, provided through hospitals, home care, long-term care

homes and hospices, that, among other things,

(

a) defines what hospice palliative

care is;

(

b) identifies the hospice palliative

care training and education needs of health care providers as well as other

caregivers;

(

c) identifies measures to support hospice

palliative care providers;

(

d) promotes research and the

collection of data on hospice palliative care;

(

e) identifies measures to facilitate

consistent access to hospice palliative care across Ontario; and

(

f) takes into consideration

existing hospice palliative care frameworks, strategies and best practices.

Provincial framework on palliative care

(1) The Minister of Health shall develop a

provincial framework designed to support improved access to palliative care,

provided through hospitals, home care, long-term care homes and

hospices, that, among other things,

(

a) defines what palliative care is;

(

b) identifies the palliative care

training and education needs of health care providers as well as other

caregivers;

(

c) identifies measures to support

palliative care providers;

(

d) identifies research and common

data elements on palliative care;

(d.1) identifies measures to facilitate

equitable access to palliative care across Ontario, with a focus on underserved

populations;

(

e) identifies measures to facilitate

consistent access to palliative care across Ontario;

(

f) takes into consideration

existing palliative care frameworks, strategies and best practices;

(

g) takes into consideration and

supports the needs of specific patient populations, including paediatric

patients; and

(

h) leverages the expertise and

capacities of other key partners in Ontario’s health system, such as the

Ministry of Long-Term Care, Ontario Health, Ontario Health Teams, and other

providers and organizations.

Consultation

(2) The Minister shall

develop the provincial framework in consultation with hospice palliative care

providers, any other affected ministries, the federal government and any other

persons or entities that the Minister considers appropriate in the

circumstances.

Development of framework

(2) In the development of the

framework, the Minister shall consider information and feedback received from

previous and ongoing consultations with palliative care providers, other

affected ministries, the federal government and any other persons or entities.

Same

(3) The

Minister shall initiate the consultations referred to in subsection (2) within

six months after the day on which this Act comes into force.

Report to Assembly

(1) The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care shall

prepare a report setting out the provincial framework on hospice palliative

care and shall lay the report before the Assembly within one year after the day

on which this Act comes into force.

Report to Assembly

(1) The

Minister of Health shall prepare a report setting out the provincial framework

on palliative care and shall lay the report before the Assembly within one year

after the day on which this Act comes into force.

Publication

(2) The

Minister shall publish the report on a Government of Ontario website within 10

days after the day on which the report is tabled in the Assembly.

Report re state of hospice palliative care

in Ontario

(1) Within five years after the day on which

the report referred to in

section 2 is tabled in the Assembly, the Minister of

Health and Long-Term Care shall prepare a report on the state of hospice palliative

care in Ontario and shall cause the report to be laid before the Assembly on

any of the first 15 days on which that Assembly is sitting after the report is

completed.

Report re state of palliative care in

Ontario

(1) Within

three years after the day on which the report referred to in

section 2 is

tabled in the Assembly, the Minister of Health shall prepare a report on the

state of palliative care in Ontario and shall cause the report to be laid

before the Assembly on any of the first 15 days on which that Assembly is

sitting after the report is completed.

Publication

(2) The

Minister shall publish the report on a Government of Ontario website within 10

days after the day on which the report is tabled in the Assembly.

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Compassionate Care Act,

2020 .

Bill 3 Original (PDF)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill enacts the Compassionate Care Act, 2018 . The Act requires the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to develop a provincial framework designed to support improved access to hospice palliative care. The Minister must table a report setting out the provincial framework in the Legislative Assembly within one year after the Bill comes into force. Within five years after the report is tabled, the Minister must prepare and table a report on the state of hospice palliative care in Ontario. Each report must be published on a Government of Ontario website.

Bill 3 2018

An Act providing for the development of a provincial framework on hospice palliative care

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Provincial framework on hospice palliative care

(1) The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care shall develop a provincial framework designed to support improved access to hospice palliative care, provided through hospitals, home care, long-term care homes and hospices, that, among other things,

(

a) defines what hospice palliative care is;

(

b) identifies the hospice palliative care training and education needs of health care providers as well as other caregivers;

(

c) identifies measures to support hospice palliative care providers;

(

d) promotes research and the collection of data on hospice palliative care;

(

e) identifies measures to facilitate consistent access to hospice palliative care across Ontario; and

(

f) takes into consideration existing hospice palliative care frameworks, strategies and best practices.

Consultation

(2) The Minister shall develop the provincial framework in consultation with hospice palliative care providers, any other affected ministries, the federal government and any other persons or entities that the Minister considers appropriate in the circumstances.

Same

(3) The Minister shall initiate the consultations referred to in subsection (2) within six months after the day on which this Act comes into force.

Report to Assembly

(1) The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care shall prepare a report setting out the provincial framework on hospice palliative care and shall lay the report before the Assembly within one year after the day on which this Act comes into force.

Publication

(2) The Minister shall publish the report on a Government of Ontario website within 10 days after the day on which the report is tabled in the Assembly.

Report re state of hospice palliative care in Ontario

(1) Within five years after the day on which the report referred to in

section 2 is tabled in the Assembly, the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care shall prepare a report on the state of hospice palliative care in Ontario and shall cause the report to be laid before the Assembly on any of the first 15 days on which that Assembly is sitting after the report is completed.

Publication

(2) The Minister shall publish the report on a Government of Ontario website within 10 days after the day on which the report is tabled in the Assembly.

Commencement

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

Short title

5 The

short title of this Act is the Compassionate Care Act, 2018 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

December 2, 2020

Royal Assent

Royal Assent received

December 1, 2020

Third Reading

Vote

Carried

December 1, 2020

Third Reading

Debated

November 26, 2020

Second Reading

Ordered for Third Reading

November 26, 2020

Second Reading

Reported as amended

November 26, 2020

Second Reading

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on General Government

November 24, 2020

Second Reading

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on General Government

November 23, 2020

Second Reading

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on General Government

July 26, 2018

Second Reading

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

July 26, 2018

Second Reading

Vote

Carried

July 26, 2018

Second Reading

Debated

July 18, 2018

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

July 18, 2018

Committee

Second Reading

July 26, 2018

Mr. Sam Oosterhoff, Mr. John Vanthof, Mr. Stepehn Lecce, Ms. Sara Singh, Ms. Natalia Kusendova, Mrs. Gila Martow

July 26, 2018

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on General Government.

Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

Novenmber 23, 2020

November 24, 2020

November 26, 2020

November 26, 2020

Reported to the House as amended. Ordered for third reading.

Third Reading

December 1, 2020

Mr. Sam Oosterhoff, Mme France Gélinas, Mr. Mike Schreiner, Mrs. Robin Martin, Hon. Stephen Lecce, Mr. John Fraser

Declared carried.

Royal Assent

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

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