Bill 153 explained in plain English
Long-Term Care Homes Amendment (Till Death Do Us Part) Act, 2019
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Long-Term Care Homes Amendment (Till Death Do Us Part) Act, 2019 ensures that spouses admitted to a long-term care home have the right to live together.
This Bill, known as the Long-Term Care Homes Amendment (Till Death Do Us Part) Act, 2019, amends the Long-Term Care Homes Act. It adds a right for residents of long-term care homes to not be separated from their spouse upon admission. The home must make appropriate accommodation available for both spouses to live together.
- Amends the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 to add a new right for residents.
- Grants residents the right not to be separated from their spouse upon admission to a long-term care home.
- Requires long-term care homes to provide appropriate accommodation for spouses to live together.
- Residents of long-term care homes in Ontario
- Spouses of residents of long-term care homes in Ontario
- Operators and staff of long-term care homes in Ontario
- Residents have the right not to be separated from their spouse upon admission to a long-term care home.
- Long-term care homes have an obligation to make appropriate accommodation available for spouses to live together.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The term 'appropriate accommodation' is not defined within the bill.
- The bill does not specify what happens if a long-term care home cannot provide appropriate accommodation for spouses to live together.
Adds a new right to the Residents' Bill of Rights, ensuring spouses can live together in a long-term care home.
Source: Section 1
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