Bill 77 explained in plain English
Strengthening Public Hospitals Act, 2010
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This bill amends the Public Hospitals Act to prohibit current municipal councillors and members of the Legislative Assembly or House of Commons from being directors or board members of public hospitals.
Bill 77, the Strengthening Public Hospitals Act, 2010, amends the Public Hospitals Act. It prevents individuals who are currently members of a municipal council, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, or the House of Commons of Canada from serving on the board of directors of a public hospital, or being appointed as a life, term, or honorary director. If someone is already in such a position when the Act comes into force and also holds one of these elected or appointed offices, they will cease to be a director or board member.
- Amends the Public Hospitals Act to add a new section regarding membership on hospital boards.
- Prohibits individuals who are members of a municipal council, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, or the House of Commons of Canada from being members of a public hospital's board of directors or from being appointed as a life, term, or honorary director.
- States that if an individual is serving as a director or board member of a public hospital on the day this Act comes into force, and they are also a member of a municipal council, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, or the House of Commons of Canada, they will automatically cease to be a director or board member.
- Current members of municipal councils in Ontario
- Current members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- Current members of the House of Commons of Canada
- Public hospitals in Ontario
- Individuals appointed as life, term, or honorary directors of public hospitals
- Prohibition for specified elected officials from holding positions on public hospital boards.
- Automatic removal from public hospital boards for individuals holding conflicting positions upon the Act's commencement.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Individuals in contravention of the new rules will cease to be a member of the board of directors or a director.
- The bill does not specify the exact date of Royal Assent, only that it comes into force on that day.
- The bill does not detail the process or mechanism by which an individual is deemed to have 'ceased to be a member' if they hold a conflicting position.
Adds a new section (12.1) to prohibit certain elected or appointed officials from serving on public hospital boards and to remove individuals from such positions if they hold one of these conflicting roles upon the Act's commencement.
Source: Section 1
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