Bill 117 explained in plain English
Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth Amendment Act, 2015
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This bill amends the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth Act, 2007, to create new notification requirements for agencies and service providers regarding the death or serious bodily harm of a child or youth who recently received services from a children's aid society.
Bill 117, the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth Amendment Act, 2015, requires agencies and service providers to notify the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth (the Advocate) when a child or youth dies or suffers serious bodily harm, if the child or youth, or their family, had received services from a children's aid society within the 12 months prior to the incident. These agencies and providers must also give the parents and the child (if applicable) contact information for the Advocate. The bill also states that this new requirement does not affect existing duties to report suspicions under the Child and Family Services Act.
- Amends the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth Act, 2007.
- Requires agencies and service providers to inform the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth in writing and without unreasonable delay about the death or serious bodily harm of a child or youth.
- This notification is required if the child or youth, or their family, had sought or received services from a children's aid society within 12 months before the death or harm.
- Requires agencies and service providers to provide parents of the affected child or youth with information about the Advocate and their contact details.
- Requires agencies and service providers to provide the affected child or youth (if they suffered serious bodily harm) with information about the Advocate and their contact details.
- Clarifies that these new requirements do not affect existing duties to report suspicions under section 72 of the Child and Family Services Act.
- Agencies
- Service providers
- Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth
- Children
- Youth
- Families of children and youth
- Children's aid societies
- Agencies and service providers have a duty to inform the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth of a child's or youth's death or serious bodily harm under specific circumstances.
- Agencies and service providers have a duty to provide information about the Advocate and their contact details to the parents and, if applicable, the child.
- The existing duty to report suspicions under the Child and Family Services Act remains unaffected.
- The Act received Royal Assent on December 10, 2015.
- The Act comes into force six months after receiving Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify what constitutes 'unreasonable delay' in providing notification.
- The bill does not define 'serious bodily harm'.
Adds a new section (18.1) that creates new obligations for agencies and service providers to report deaths or serious bodily harm of children and youth to the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, and to provide contact information for the Advocate to the affected families and children. It also adds a commencement provision to the Act.
Source: Section 1
Clarifies that the new reporting requirements in Bill 117 do not override existing duties to report suspicions of child abuse or neglect under section 72 of this Act.
Source: Section 18.1 (3)
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