Bill 67 explained in plain English
Ending Public Funding of Electroconvulsive Therapy Act, 2010
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 67, the Ending Public Funding of Electroconvulsive Therapy Act, 2010, amends the Health Insurance Act to remove electroconvulsive therapy from the list of publicly funded insured services in Ontario.
This bill amends the Health Insurance Act to state that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is not an insured service, meaning it will no longer be funded by the public health insurance plan in Ontario. The change takes effect when the bill receives Royal Assent.
- It amends the Health Insurance Act.
- It specifies that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is not an insured service.
- It states that this change applies despite any regulations that might otherwise list ECT as an insured service.
- The public health insurance plan in Ontario.
- Individuals who might receive or pay for electroconvulsive therapy.
- Healthcare providers who administer electroconvulsive therapy.
- Electroconvulsive therapy is no longer considered an insured service under the Health Insurance Act.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Public funding for electroconvulsive therapy will end, implying that individuals may need to pay privately or seek alternative treatments.
- The bill text does not specify the exact date of Royal Assent, nor does it detail alternative funding mechanisms or treatments if ECT is no longer publicly funded.
- The bill does not define 'electroconvulsive therapy' beyond its name.
A new subsection (2.1) is added to Section 11.2, explicitly stating that electroconvulsive therapy is not an insured service, overriding any existing regulations that may list it as such.
Source: Section 1
The Act will come into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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