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Bill 21, Fixing Long-Term Care Amendment Act (Till Death Do Us Part), 2022

Fife, Catherine

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NOTE

The

Bill amends the Residents’ Bill of Rights set out in

section 3 of the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021 by adding the right of

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

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

together.

Bill 21 2022

Act to amend the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021 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 Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021

is amended by adding the following paragraph:

7.1 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 Fixing Long-Term Care Amendment Act (Till Death Do Us Part),

2022 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

November 15, 2022

Second Reading

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy

November 15, 2022

Second Reading

Vote

Carried

November 15, 2022

Second Reading

Question put

November 15, 2022

Second Reading

Debated

September 7, 2022

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

September 7, 2022

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

September 7, 2022

Carried

Second Reading

November 15, 2022

Andrew, Jill

Toronto—St. Paul's

Begum, Doly

Scarborough Southwest

Fife, Catherine

Waterloo

Gates, Wayne

Niagara Falls

Gélinas, France

Nickel Belt

Jordan, John

Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston

Question put

Carried

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy