Bill 110 explained in plain English
Long-Term Care Homes Amendment Act, 2017
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 110, the Long-Term Care Homes Amendment Act, 2017, mandates annual cost-of-living adjustments to funding for long-term care homes based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index.
This bill amends the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007. It requires the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to annually adjust the funding provided to long-term care homes for ongoing operating costs, including food and utilities. The adjustment is based on the percentage change in the Ontario Consumer Price Index. If the change is negative, funding will not be reduced. Any increased funding required will be paid from money already allocated by the Legislature. This Act came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Requires the Minister to annually adjust funding for long-term care homes based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index.
- Ensures that funding adjustments are made for ongoing operating costs, including food and utilities.
- Prevents funding from being reduced if the Consumer Price Index decreases.
- Specifies that any increased funding resulting from these adjustments will be paid from money appropriated by the Legislature.
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
- Operators of long-term care homes in Ontario
- Residents of long-term care homes
- The Minister has an obligation to adjust funding for long-term care homes annually.
- Long-term care homes will receive funding adjustments based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Any increase in funding required as a result of the annual adjustment will be paid out of funds appropriated by the Legislature.
- The exact amount of the Consumer Price Index adjustment is determined by calculations based on data from Statistics Canada.
- The bill does not specify a minimum funding amount or a specific percentage for the adjustment, only that it follows the percentage change in the Ontario Consumer Price Index.
Amends section 90 of the Act to require the Minister to annually adjust funding for long-term care homes based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index, with no negative adjustments allowed. The Act also states that the cost of any funding increase will be paid from appropriated funds. This Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Source: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3
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