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Bill 95 explained in plain English

Long-Term Care Homes Amendment (Till Death Do Us Part) Act, 2022

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
42nd Parliament, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill 95
Full title
Long-Term Care Homes Amendment (Till Death Do Us Part) Act, 2022
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Carried
Last updated
Mar 7, 2022
Sponsor

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Carried
Latest Activity
Mar 7, 2022
Sponsor
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

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Short Version

This bill amends the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007, to ensure spouses have the right to live together in a long-term care home.

What It Means

This bill amends the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007, to add a right for residents to live together with their spouse in a long-term care home. Specifically, it ensures that upon admission, a resident requiring care is not separated from their spouse and that suitable accommodation is provided for both to live together.

What This Bill Does
  • Amends the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007, by adding a new right to the Residents' Bill of Rights.
  • Grants residents the right not to be separated from their spouse upon admission to a long-term care home.
  • Ensures that appropriate accommodation is made available for both spouses to live together in the home.
Who Is Affected
  • 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
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Residents have the right not to be separated from their spouse upon admission to a long-term care home.
  • Appropriate accommodation must be made available for spouses to live together in a long-term care home.
Important Dates
  • The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify what constitutes 'appropriate accommodation'.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007
amends

Adds a new right to the Residents' Bill of Rights, ensuring spouses can live together in a long-term care home.

Source: Section 1

Residents' Bill of Rights (within the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007)
amends

Adds the right for residents not to be separated from their spouse and to have accommodation made available for both to live together.

Source: Section 3 (1), Paragraph 20.1

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Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Mar 7, 2022
Step 2
Second reading
Not reached yet
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Not reached yet
Step 5
Royal assent
Not reached yet

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill is still active. We only show vote counts after the legislature publishes a recorded division.

Sponsor
Sara Singh
Sponsor party or district not listed
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

This bill is still moving through the process. When a recorded division is published, representative positions can be listed here.

Official sources

Status, sponsor, votes, and timeline on this page are drawn from these official legislative sources and public records. Each summary above is attributed to its own source.

How this data is sourced