G-1.021 - Act respecting the governance of the health and social services system

Section 185 Disposition versions

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185. The functions of a users’ committee or a residents’ committee are

(1)  in respect of users or, as applicable, residents:

(a)  to inform them of their rights and obligations;

(b)  to foster the improvement of the quality of the living conditions of users and residents and to participate in the assessment of their degree of satisfaction with regard to the services obtained from the institution; and

(c)  to defend their common rights and interests;

(2)  at the request of a person, to defend the person’s rights and interests as a user or a resident before any competent authority; and

(3)  to accompany and assist, on request, a user or a resident, as applicable, in any action the user or resident undertakes, including when they wish to file a complaint in accordance with the provisions of Part VII of this Act or under the Act respecting the Health and Social Services Ombudsman (chapter P-31.1).

In addition, a users’ committee’s functions include

(1)  ensuring the proper functioning of each of the residents’ committees, if applicable, and seeing that they have the resources necessary to exercise their functions; and

(2)  assessing, if applicable, the effectiveness of any measure implemented under the second paragraph of section 180.

Furthermore, the committees establish their operating rules.

2023, c. 34, s. 185.