Bill 80 explained in plain English
Katelyn Bedard Bone Marrow Awareness Month 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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The Katelyn Bedard Bone Marrow Awareness Month Act, 2010, designates November as Bone Marrow Awareness Month in Ontario to promote donor awareness and support transplant patients.
This Ontario Act officially declares the month of November each year as 'Bone Marrow Awareness Month'. The purpose is to raise public awareness about the need for bone marrow donors, which helps support organizations like Canadian Blood Services and the Katelyn Bedard Bone Marrow Association in their efforts to increase the number of registered donors. This, in turn, can improve the chances of patients finding a compatible match for life-saving bone marrow transplants. The Act came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Declares the month of November in each year as Bone Marrow Awareness Month.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The general public in Ontario
- Potential bone marrow donors
- Individuals in need of bone marrow transplants
- Canadian Blood Services
- Katelyn Bedard Bone Marrow Association
- The Act came into force on November 29, 2010, the date it received Royal Assent.
- The Act does not create any new legal obligations or penalties; its effect is primarily to designate a month for awareness.
The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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