BILL NO. 72
(as introduced)
3rd Session, 63rd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
70 Elizabeth II, 2021
Private Member's Bill
Homes for Special Care Act
(amended)
Barbara Adams
Cole Harbour–Eastern Passage
First Reading: March 30, 2021
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Notes
Clause 1 adds definitions of "supportive living" and "supportive living facility" to the Homes for Special Care Act.
(a) requires supportive living facilities to meet the same standards for licensing and operation as residential care facilities;
(b) requires supportive living facilities to meet the standards prescribed by the regulations; and
(c) provides that a person receiving supportive living care is not precluded from other forms of care in the future.
Clause 3 allows the Governor in Council to make regulations respecting supportive living and supportive living facilities, including prescribing standards.
An Act to Amend Chapter 203
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Homes for Special Care Act,
to Provide for Supportive Living
WHEREAS the demographics of Nova Scotia and the demand on the long-term care system require expanded housing options for seniors;
AND WHEREAS seniors and their families deserve increased choice and autonomy over care options and services;
AND WHEREAS supportive living is not currently offered as an option to seniors in the Province;
THEREFORE be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Subsection 2(1) of Chapter 203 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Homes for Special Care Act, as amended by Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2010, is further amended by
(a) striking out the period at the end of clause (o) and substituting a semicolon; and
(b) adding immediately after clause (o) the following clauses:
- (p) "supportive living" means an intermediate level of long-term care that provides greater assistance than home care, but less than residential care and includes
- (i) supervision and support for residents at all times,
(q) "supportive living facility" means any building or place, or part of a building or place, required to be approved by the Minister where supportive living care is provided to three or more persons but does not include
- (i) a place maintained by a person to whom the residents are related by blood or marriage,
(ii) a hospital, mental or psychiatric hospital, tuberculosis hospital, maternity hospital, sanatorium, home operated pursuant to Sections 15 to 17 or jail, prison or training school,
(iii) a maternity home that is licensed under the Children and Family Services Act,
(iv) a nursing home as defined in clause (j), or
(v) a hotel that is registered under the Tourist Accommodations Registration Act;
2 Chapter 203 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 3 the following Section:
- 3A (1) Subject to subsection (2), a supportive living facility must meet the same requirements for licensing and operation as a residential care facility and the provisions of this Act governing residential care facilities apply to supportive living facilities mutatis mutandis.
(2) A supportive living facility must meet the standards prescribed by the regulations.
(3) A person who receives supportive living care is not precluded from seeking other levels of care.
3 Subsection 19(1) of Chapter 203, as amended by Chapter 9 of the Acts of 2007 and Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2010, is further amended by striking out clause (f) and substituting the following clauses:
- (f) respecting the persons or classes of persons to be admitted and maintained in a facility, a supportive living facility, a nursing home and a home;
(fa) respecting supportive living and supportive living facilities, including prescribing standards which supportive living facilities must meet;
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