Bill 209 explained in plain English
Seniors Active Living Centres Act, 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 209, the Seniors Active Living Centres Act, 2016, replaces the Elderly Persons Centres Act to establish a new framework for funding active living programs for seniors, requiring ministerial approval and contributions from municipalities or other entities.
This bill, titled the Seniors Active Living Centres Act, 2016, proposes to replace the Elderly Persons Centres Act. It aims to provide funding for programs that promote active and healthy living, social engagement, and learning for seniors. The bill outlines a process for operators to receive funding from the Minister Responsible for Seniors Affairs, requiring approval of both the operator and their program by a director appointed by the Minister. It also details requirements for municipal or other contributions towards the cost of these programs and includes provisions for regulations, consequential amendments to other acts, and the eventual repeal of the existing Elderly Persons Centres Act.
- It repeals the Elderly Persons Centres Act and replaces it with a new Seniors Active Living Centres Act.
- It establishes a process for operators to receive funding for programs aimed at seniors, provided both the operator and the program are approved by a director appointed by the Minister Responsible for Seniors Affairs.
- It requires that if a program operates within a municipality, the municipality must contribute financially to the program.
- It allows for regulations to specify which entities are required to contribute if a program operates outside of a municipality.
- It allows for special, one-time grants to be provided to approved operators.
- It allows the director to require repayment of funds if an operator or program no longer meets approval criteria.
- It makes consequential amendments to the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 and the Pay Equity Act.
- It establishes broad regulation-making powers related to program approvals, funding, and contributions.
- Seniors (as participants in programs)
- Operators of programs for seniors (corporations, partnerships, other entities)
- The Minister Responsible for Seniors Affairs
- A director appointed by the Minister
- Municipalities (if programs operate within them)
- Other entities that may be prescribed by regulations
- The Crown (in relation to repayment of grants)
- Operators must obtain approval from the director for both the operator and their program to receive funding.
- Approved operators have the right to receive funding from the Minister for maintaining and operating approved programs.
- Municipalities are required to make a financial contribution to approved programs operating within their boundaries.
- The Minister has discretion to determine the amount of funding provided.
- Operators may be required to repay funding if they cease to meet approval criteria.
- The Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- Sections 12 and 13 and subsection 14 (2) come into force on the day subsection 14 (1) comes into force (which is when the Elderly Persons Centres Act is repealed).
- Municipalities or other prescribed entities are required to contribute financially to approved programs.
- The amount of this contribution is generally set at 20 per cent of the net annual cost of operating the program, though regulations may alter this percentage or the method of determining the cost.
- Funding for programs will be paid out of money appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature.
- The Minister may direct that funds be repaid to the Crown if approval criteria are no longer met.
- The director may determine that an approved operator must repay part of any payment received if the operator or program ceases to meet approval criteria.
- The specific entities required to contribute to programs outside of municipalities are not detailed in the bill text and will be prescribed by regulation.
- The bill grants broad regulation-making powers, meaning many details regarding applications, criteria, contributions, and repayments will be determined by future regulations, which are not included in this bill text.
- The exact amount of financial contribution from municipalities or other entities will depend on the net annual cost of the program and potentially different percentages set by regulation.
- Decisions made by the director regarding approval or refusal of approval are final and not subject to appeal or judicial review.
This Act is repealed and replaced by the Seniors Active Living Centres Act, 2016.
Source: Section 14 (1)
This regulation is revoked.
Source: Section 14 (2)
Section 222 of this Act is repealed.
Source: Section 12 (1)
Clause 1 (p) under the heading “Ministry of Community and Social Services” in the Appendix to the Schedule is repealed and replaced to refer to receiving payments under the Seniors Active Living Centres Act, 2016.
Source: Section 13
This Act is referenced in the definition of "Minister" to indicate how responsibility for the administration of the Seniors Active Living Centres Act, 2016 is assigned.
Source: Section 1
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