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Ontario Bill 144

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
October 31, 2023
Healthcare Staffing Agencies Act, 2023
  • This bill, called the Healthcare Staffing Agencies Act, was passed in 2023 in the province of Ontario. It requires hospitals and long-term care homes in municipalities with a population of 8,000 or more to develop a plan to limit their spending on healthcare staffing agencies. The plan must be publicly available and updated every six months. The bill also sets limitations on spending based on the population size of the municipality. The plan must include information on previous spending, measures to ensure patient care during the transition away from healthcare staffing agencies, and the individual in charge of nursing care must have a leadership role in developing the plan. Any healthcare staffing agency established after the bill comes into force must operate as a not-for-profit. Healthcare staffing agencies that receive more than $400,000 in total from the government are subject to oversight by various agencies and inclusion on the Sunshine List. The bill also sets limits on the charges that healthcare staffing agencies can pay their workers and prohibits poaching employees from hospitals or long-term care homes. Violations of these provisions can result in fines, which will be used to fund hospitals and long-term care homes. The Minister has the authority to make regulations regarding charges. The bill comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent and is called the Healthcare Staffing Agencies Act, 2023.
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Ontario Bill 145

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
October 31, 2023
Bird-Safe Windows Act, 2023
  • This is a law called Bill 145, which is about making changes to the Building Code Act in Ontario. The law is specifically about making windows safer for birds. It adds a new subsection to the Building Code Act that includes a standard for bird-friendly building design. The law will come into effect once it receives Royal Assent and is called the Bird-Safe Windows Act of 2023.
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