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Controversial law designed to free up hospital beds to be tested in Ontario court

Hospital-to-LTC law to be tested in Ontario court

Published Sep 23, 2024 at 8:27pm

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Controversial law designed to free up hospital beds to be tested in Ontario court
Michele Campeau, left, visits with her mother, Ruth Poupard, 83, at Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare where she is recovering from a broken hip, in Windsor, Ont., on April 3, 2024. The constitutionality of a controversial Ontario law that allows hospitals to place discharged patients into long-term care homes not of their choosing, or face a $400 per day charge should they refuse, will be tested in court as a Charter challenge gets underway Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dax Melmer

A new charter challenge set to get underway on Monday will test the constitutionality of a controversial Ontario law that allows hospitals to place discharged patients into long-term care homes not of their choosing or face a $400-per-day charge if they refuse.

The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly and the Ontario Health Coalition argues the law, known as the More Bed Better Care Act or Bill 7, violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The province disagrees.

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