9. Where a user is temporarily absent because he is hospitalized, the family-type resource shall be entitled, for a maximum period of 30 days, to the basic daily compensation that is prescribed in section 4 and would have been applicable to that family-type resource, and to the daily lump sum provided for in section 5.1.
Upon the expiry of the 30-day period prescribed in the first paragraph, the family-type resource shall be entitled, provided the institution identified by the regional board has confirmed in writing to the family-type resource the need to reserve the user’s place, to the basic daily compensation that is prescribed in section 4 and would have been applicable to that family-type resource, and to the daily lump sum provided for in section 5.1, for a maximum period of 60 days. In the absence of such confirmation, the provisions of section 7 apply, where applicable.
M.O. 93-04, s. 9; M.O. 2006-006, s. 3.