L-6.3 - Act to combat maltreatment of seniors and other persons of full age in vulnerable situations

Section 20.4 Disposition versions

2022-04-06

20.4. The Minister responsible for Seniors must enter into a Quebec-wide framework agreement to combat maltreatment of seniors and persons in vulnerable situations with the Minister of Public Security, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Health and Social Services, the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions, the Autorité des marchés financiers, the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse, the Public Curator and any other government department or other body considered useful.

The framework agreement must set out, among other things,

(1)  the guiding principles that support its application and the terms relating to the involvement of the resource persons designated for the purposes of the concerted intervention process;

(2)  the establishment of the following committees:

(a)  a Québec-wide steering committee responsible for developing an overall vision for the application of and follow-up on the framework agreement as well as the concerted intervention process;

(b)  a Québec-wide advisory committee responsible for coordinating the application of and follow-up on the framework agreement as well as the concerted intervention process throughout all health regions; and

(c)  for each health region, a regional implementation committee responsible for coordinating the application of and follow-up on the framework agreement and the implementation of the concerted intervention process;

(3)  the joint obligation of the parties to the framework agreement to develop intervention support tools and see that they are updated; and

(4)  the obligation of the parties referred to in section 17 and the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions to exercise the following functions:

(a)  develop an internal procedure concerning the terms related to initiating a concerted intervention process and, if applicable, see that it is updated;

(b)  designate a representative whose role is, among other things, to offer support for the purposes of any decision relating to the initiation of a concerted intervention process; and

(c)  disseminate, according to the mode established in the framework agreement, the name and contact information of the designated resource persons referred to in section 17.

2022, c. 6, s. 11.