Bill 183 explained in plain English
Ombudsman Statute Law Amendment Act (Designated Public Bodies), 2011
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This bill expands the Ontario Ombudsman's investigative powers to include several types of public bodies and repeals a section of the Police Services Act.
This bill, called the Ombudsman Statute Law Amendment Act (Designated Public Bodies), 2011, aims to expand the Ombudsman's powers. Currently, the Ombudsman can investigate government organizations. This bill would allow the Ombudsman to investigate certain other public bodies as if they were government organizations under the Ombudsman Act. It also makes a specific change to the Police Services Act.
- Extends the Ombudsman's investigative powers to include a list of designated public bodies.
- Amends the Ombudsman Act to include references to these designated public bodies.
- Repeals a specific section of the Police Services Act.
- Establishes the commencement date for certain provisions of the bill.
- The Ontario Ombudsman
- Universities
- Colleges of applied arts and technology
- Other post-secondary institutions
- Societies within the meaning of the Child and Family Services Act
- Boards within the meaning of the Education Act
- Homes for special care
- Long-term care homes
- The office of the Independent Police Review Director
- Private hospitals
- Hospitals within the meaning of the Public Hospitals Act
- Retirement homes
- The public making complaints about these designated public bodies
- The Ombudsman gains the power to investigate designated public bodies.
- References to 'governmental organization' in the Ombudsman Act will include designated public bodies when the Ombudsman is investigating them.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent, except for subsection 1(2).
- Subsection 1(2) comes into force on the later of the day the Act receives Royal Assent or the day section 35 of the Retirement Homes Act, 2010 comes into force.
- The exact commencement date for subsection 1(2) depends on the commencement date of section 35 of the Retirement Homes Act, 2010, which is not specified in this bill.
- The bill does not specify what happens to existing investigations or complaints that were not within the Ombudsman's jurisdiction before this bill comes into force.
This amendment allows the Ombudsman to investigate designated public bodies, such as universities, hospitals, school boards, and retirement homes, in the same way they investigate government organizations.
Source: Section 1 (1)
This amendment clarifies that when the Ombudsman investigates a designated public body, any reference to a 'governmental organization' in the Act will apply to that designated public body.
Source: Section 1 (2)
Section 97 of the Police Services Act is repealed.
Source: Section 2
A specific provision (subsection 1(2) of this bill) comes into force on the later of when this bill receives Royal Assent or when section 35 of the Retirement Homes Act, 2010 comes into force.
Source: Section 3 (2)
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