Bill 195 explained in plain English
Child Care and Early Years Amendment Act (Waiting Lists), 2016
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 195 amends the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014, to establish rules for administering child care waiting lists, requiring written policies, public disclosure, and prohibiting pre-admission fees.
This bill, known as the Child Care and Early Years Amendment Act (Waiting Lists), 2016, would change how waiting lists for child care services are managed. It requires organizations that maintain waiting lists to create and publish a written policy on how they administer these lists. They must offer admission according to this policy and make the policy and the waiting list itself available to the public. The bill also prohibits charging fees or accepting deposits before a child is actually offered a spot in child care. These changes are intended to make the process of getting into child care more transparent and fair.
- Requires persons maintaining child care waiting lists to create and make public a written policy on how the list is administered and how admission is determined.
- Requires these policies to be reviewed at least annually.
- Requires that children are offered admission according to the established policy.
- Requires that an up-to-date copy of the waiting list be made available to the public.
- Prohibits charging or accepting any fee or deposit before a child is offered admission for child care.
- States that a copy of a waiting list made available to the public must not disclose personal information, in accordance with prescribed requirements.
- Adds new sections to the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014.
- Operators or persons who maintain waiting lists for child care services.
- Parents or guardians seeking child care services.
- Obligation for child care providers with waiting lists to create and publish a policy for administering the list.
- Obligation for child care providers to offer admission based on their policy.
- Right for the public to access these policies and waiting lists.
- Prohibition on charging fees or deposits before a child is offered admission for child care.
- The Act comes into force six months after receiving Royal Assent.
- Prohibits charging or accepting fees or deposits before a child is offered admission for child care.
- The bill text does not specify penalties or enforcement mechanisms for non-compliance.
- The specific requirements for ensuring waiting lists do not disclose personal information are to be prescribed, meaning they are not detailed in this bill.
- The bill text does not specify penalties or enforcement mechanisms for non-compliance.
- The bill does not define 'person' in relation to maintaining a waiting list.
Adds new requirements for the administration and public disclosure of child care waiting lists, and prohibits pre-admission fees.
Source: Section 1
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