Healthcare Staffing Agencies Act, 2025
Sponsored by Gélinas, France, Gates, Wayne, Gretzky, Lisa, West, Jamie · First Reading Ordered for Second Reading
- Requires hospitals and long-term care homes in municipalities of 8,000 or more to create plans limiting spending on staffing agencies
- Sets timelines to phase out staffing agency use over 24 months, with limits varying by municipality size
- Requires new healthcare staffing agencies to operate as not-for-profits
- Subjects agencies receiving over $400,000 from government to oversight by Auditor General, Ombudsman, Patient Ombudsman and Integrity Commissioner
- Caps agency worker pay at no more than 10 per cent above the existing rate for that profession
- Bans agencies from poaching employees from hospitals or long-term care homes, with fines up to $1,000,000
- Prohibits agencies from assigning workers to the same or adjacent Ontario Health Team they recently left