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ontario regulation 381/10

made under the

Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997

Made: September 29, 2010
Filed: October 1, 2010
Published on e-Laws: October 5, 2010
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: October 16, 2010

Amending O. Reg. 222/98

(General)

1. (1) The Table to paragraph 1 of subsection 30 (1) of Ontario Regulation 222/98 is revoked and the following substituted:

Table

 

No. of Dependants Other than a Spouse

Dependants 18 Years or older

Dependants 13 -17 Years

Dependants 0 - 12 Years

Recipient

Recipient and Spouse

Recipient and Spouse

 

 

 

 

See Note 1 below

See Note 2 below

See Note 3 below

0

0

0

0

$584

$864

$1165

1

0

0

1

727

864

1165

 

0

1

0

745

882

1183

 

1

0

0

931

1041

1342

2

0

0

2

727

864

1165

 

0

1

1

745

882

1183

 

0

2

0

763

900

1201

 

1

0

1

931

1041

1342

 

1

1

0

949

1059

1360

 

2

0

0

1109

1238

1539

For each additional dependant, add $198 if the dependant is 18 years of age or older, or $18 if the dependant is 13 - 17 years of age, or $0 if the dependant is 0 - 12 years of age.

Note 1.

A recipient if there is no spouse included in the benefit unit.

Note 2.

A recipient with a spouse included in the benefit unit if Note 3 does not apply.

Note 3.

A recipient with a spouse included in the benefit unit if each of the recipient and the spouse is a person with a disability or a person referred to in subparagraph 1 i of subsection 4 (1) or paragraph 6 of subsection 4 (1).

(2) The Table to paragraph 2 of subsection 30 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Table

 

No. of Dependants Other than a Spouse

Recipient 

Recipient and Spouse  

0

$154

$255

1

254

299

2

296

343

For each additional dependant, add $44

(3) Subsection 30 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$1,742” at the end and substituting “$1,760”.

2. (1) The Table to paragraph 2 of subsection 31 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Table

 

Benefit Unit Size

Maximum Monthly Shelter Allowance

1

$469

2

737

3

799

4

868

5

936

6 or more

970

(2) Paragraph 5 of subsection 31 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$65” and substituting “$66”.

3. Subsection 32 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) The budgetary requirements of an applicant or recipient resident in an institution shall be an amount equal to the sum of,

(a) $130 for each member of the benefit unit residing in an institution;

(b) $916 for residents of a long-term care home under the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007; and

(c) $923 for residents of a group home for persons with a developmental disability under the Developmental Services Act.

4. (1) Paragraph 1 of subsection 33 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

1. The amount set out in subparagraph i, ii or iii, as the case may be:

i. $744, if the applicant or recipient is a single person or a sole support parent.

ii. $1,127, if there is a spouse included in the benefit unit and subparagraph iii does not apply.

iii. $1,485, if there is a spouse included in the benefit unit and both spouses are persons with a disability or members of a prescribed class described in subparagraph 1 i of subsection 4 (1) or paragraph 6 of subsection 4 (1).

(2) The Table to paragraph 2 of subsection 33 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

TABLE

 

 

Age of Dependant

 

18 Years or Older

13 - 17 Years

0 - 12 Years

A. Benefit unit with no spouse included

 

 

 

1. First dependant

$436

$262

$227

2. For each additional dependant, add to amount in item 1

212

128

95

  B. Benefit unit with spouse included

 

 

 

1. For each dependant, add

212

128

95

(3) The Table to paragraph 3 of subsection 33 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

TABLE

 

Number of Dependants Other than a Spouse

Recipient

Recipient and Spouse

0

$154

$242

1

245

279

2

284

316

For each additional dependant, add $41.

(4) Paragraph 5 of subsection 33 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

5. $61 (Special Boarder Allowance).

5. (1) Clauses (a) and (b) of subsection 33.1 (2) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

(a) not less than the sum of $128 for each member of the benefit unit, with respect to determinations relating to a month after October 31, 2009 and before November 1, 2010; and

(b) not less than the sum of $130 for each member of the benefit unit, with respect to determinations relating to a month after October 31, 2010. 

(2) Subsection 33.1 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$128” and substituting “$130”.

6. Subparagraph 2 i of section 38 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

i. is the actual amount paid, if those expenses are paid,

A. to a person licensed under the Day Nurseries Act, and

B. to a board, within the meaning of the Education Act, for an extended day program operated by the board under the Education Act, and

7. The Table to subparagraph 1 ii of section 40 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

TABLE

 

No. of Dependants Other than a Spouse

Dependants 18 Years or older

Dependants 13 -17 Years

Dependants 0 - 12 Years

Recipient

Recipient and Spouse

Recipient and Spouse

 

 

 

 

See Note 1 below

See Note 2 below

See Note 3 below

0

0

0

0

$584

$864

$1,165

1

0

0

1

727

864

1,165

 

0

1

0

745

882

1,183

 

1

0

0

931

1,041

1,342

2

0

0

2

727

864

1,165

 

0

1

1

745

882

1,183

 

0

2

0

763

900

1,201

 

1

0

1

931

1,041

1,342

 

1

1

0

949

1,059

1,360

 

2

0

0

1,109

1,238

1,539

For each additional dependant, add $198 if the dependant is 18 years of age or older, or $18 if the dependant is 13 - 17 years of age, or $0 if the dependant is 0 - 12 years of age.

The amount attributable to a dependent child shall be reduced by 50 per cent where budgetary requirements for the child were reduced under section 33.2.

Note 1.

A recipient if there is no spouse included in the benefit unit.

Note 2.

A recipient with a spouse included in the benefit unit if Note 3 does not apply.

Note 3.

A recipient with a spouse included in the benefit unit if each of the recipient and the spouse is a person with a disability or a person referred to in subparagraph 1 i of subsection 4 (1) or paragraph 6 of subsection 4 (1).

8. (1) Subsection 41 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

19. Subject to subsection (2), a payment under the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing’s Short Term Rent Support Program. 

(2) Section 41 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(2) The maximum amount of the payment permitted for the purposes of paragraph 19 of subsection (1) is the amount by which the actual cost of shelter, determined in accordance with subsection 31 (1), exceeds the amount payable for shelter under subsection 31 (2).

9. Paragraph 5 of subsection 44 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$72” and substituting “$73”.

10. (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), this Regulation comes into force on November 1, 2010.

(2) Section 8 is deemed to have come into force on July 1, 2010.

(3) Section 6 is deemed to have come into force on September 1, 2010.

(4) Section 10 comes into force on the day this Regulation is filed.

 

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