Bill 4 explained in plain English
Long-Term Care Commission's Recommendations Reporting Act, 2021
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd 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 mandates public reporting on the implementation of recommendations from the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission.
This bill requires the Minister of Health to report on the progress made in implementing the recommendations from the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission's final report. The final report must be made public. Two progress reports are required: the first by April 30, 2022, and the second by April 30, 2024. These progress reports must also be published online within 10 days of being presented to the Legislative Assembly.
- Requires the Minister of Health to make the final report of the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission publicly available on a government website.
- Requires the Minister of Health to prepare two progress reports detailing the Ministry's implementation of the Commission's recommendations.
- Specifies that the first progress report must be presented to the Legislative Assembly by April 30, 2022.
- Specifies that the second progress report must be presented to the Legislative Assembly by April 30, 2024.
- Requires the Minister of Health to publish each progress report on a government website within 10 days of it being presented to the Legislative Assembly.
- Minister of Health
- Ministry of Health
- Ontario Legislative Assembly
- The public
- The Minister has an obligation to make the Commission's final report publicly available.
- The Minister has an obligation to prepare and present two progress reports.
- The Minister has an obligation to publish the progress reports online within a specific timeframe.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The first progress report is to be laid before the Assembly on or before April 30, 2022.
- The second progress report is to be laid before the Assembly on or before April 30, 2024.
- Progress reports are to be published within 10 days after being laid before the Assembly.
- The bill does not specify the exact content or format of the progress reports beyond stating they must describe the extent to which recommendations have been implemented.
- The bill does not define what constitutes 'implementation' of a recommendation.
Adds a new section (185.1) that outlines the requirements for reporting on the implementation of recommendations from the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission.
Source: Section 1
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