ontario regulation 164/13

made under the

Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007

Made: May 15, 2013
Filed: May 29, 2013
Published on e-Laws: May 29, 2013
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 15, 2013

Amending O. Reg. 79/10

(GENERAL)

1. (1) Subsection 247 (1) of Ontario Regulation 79/10 is amended by striking out “$35.63” at the end and substituting “$36.34”.

(2) Subsection 247 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$1,674.14” at the end and substituting “$1,707.59”.

(3) Subsection 247 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$55.04” at the end and substituting “$56.14”.

(4) Subsection 247 (4) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$1,947.89” at the end and substituting “$2,011.76”.

(5) Subsection 247 (5) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$64.04” at the end and substituting “$66.14”.

(6) Subsection 247 (6) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$2,274.86” at the end and substituting “$2,361.55”.

(7) Subsection 247 (7) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$74.79” at the end and substituting “$77.64”.

2. (1) The English version of paragraph 3 of subsection 247.1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “in the following” in the portion before subparagraph i and substituting “in any of the following”.

(2) Subsection 247.1 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$1,917.47” at the end and substituting “$1,950.93”.

(3) Subsection 247.1 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$63.04” at the end and substituting “$64.14”.

(4) Subsection 247.1 (4) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$2,221.64” at the end and substituting “$2,255.09”.

(5) Subsection 247.1 (5) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$73.04” at the end and substituting “$74.14”.

3. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Exceptions — occupancy on or after July 1, 2013 in certain circumstances

247.2 (1) Subsections 247 (4) to (7) do not apply in any of the following circumstances:

1. Where, on or after July 1, 2013, a long-stay resident occupies a bed in a room for which a licensee provides semi-private accommodation or private accommodation and the following criteria are satisfied:

i. The class of bed is not set out in paragraph 1 of subsection 247.1 (1).

ii. The resident did not occupy the bed before July 1, 2012.

iii. On or after July 1, 2012, the resident occupied any bed that is not a class of bed set out in paragraph 1 of subsection 247.1 (1) in a room for which the licensee provided the same type of accommodation.

2. Where a licensee provided a long-stay resident with semi-private accommodation or private accommodation described in paragraph 1 and, on or after July 1, 2013, the resident occupies a bed in a room for which a licensee provides the resident with semi-private accommodation or private accommodation in any of the following:

i. A related temporary long-term care home.

ii. A re-opened long-term care home.

iii. A replacement long-term care home.

iv. A long-term care home under section 208.

3. Where a long-stay resident in a long-term care home was an applicant in the re-admission category on the waiting list for the long-term care home in accordance with section 177 or the specialized unit in accordance with subsection 202 (2) and a licensee provided the resident with semi-private accommodation or private accommodation in either of the circumstances described in paragraphs 1 and 2 immediately before the resident was discharged from the long-term care home or specialized unit, as the case may be.

(2) The maximum monthly amount that may be charged by a licensee for providing a long-stay resident with semi-private accommodation for a full month in the circumstances described in subsection (1) is $1,981.34.

(3) The maximum daily amount that may be charged by a licensee for providing a long-stay resident with semi-private accommodation for less than a full month in the circumstances described in subsection (1) is $65.14.

(4) The maximum monthly amount that may be charged by a licensee for providing a long-stay resident with private accommodation for a full month in the circumstances described in subsection (1) is $2,308.32.

(5) The maximum daily amount that may be charged by a licensee for providing a long-stay resident with private accommodation for less than a full month in the circumstances described in subsection (1) is $75.89.

(6) A licensee shall not charge a long-stay resident to whom subsection (1) applied more than the amounts set out in this section if the resident is transferred to a semi-private room or private room and the resident did not request the transfer.

(7) A licensee shall not charge a long-stay resident to whom paragraph 2 of subsection (1) applied more than the amounts set out in this section if the room that the resident next occupies is a semi-private room or private room in a home described in that paragraph.

4. (1) Paragraph 1 of subsection 253 (10) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$1,295.05” and substituting “$1,320.95”.

(2) Paragraph 2 of subsection 253 (10) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$558.36” at the end and substituting “$569.53”.

Commencement

5. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

Same

(2) Section 1, subsections 2 (2), (3), (4) and (5) and sections 3 and 4 come into force on July 1, 2013.