Bill 175 explained in plain English
Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Care Ontario Act, 2014
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 175 establishes Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Care Ontario to improve care and awareness for related disorders, and proclaims June 19th as Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Awareness Day.
This bill establishes a new corporation called Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Care Ontario. Its purpose is to improve healthcare coordination and quality for individuals with sickle cell or thalassemia disorders, and to raise public awareness about these conditions. The bill also designates June 19th each year as Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Awareness Day.
- Establishes Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Care Ontario as a corporation without share capital.
- Defines the objects of the Corporation, which include improving the coordination and quality of healthcare for individuals with sickle cell or thalassemia disorders, promoting public awareness and education, assisting patients and caregivers with access to resources, advocating for affected individuals, encouraging genetic testing and counselling, monitoring the prevalence of these disorders, and collaborating with governments.
- Specifies the composition of the Corporation's board of directors.
- Requires the Corporation to appoint auditors and provide them with an auditor's report.
- Allows the Minister to require an audit of the Corporation's affairs.
- Requires the Corporation to submit an annual report to the Minister.
- Designates June 19th of each year as Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Awareness Day.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Individuals with sickle cell or thalassemia disorders
- Caregivers of individuals with sickle cell or thalassemia disorders
- Health professionals
- Hospitals
- Research institutions
- Advocacy groups
- The public
- Members of the public who are carriers of the sickle cell or thalassemia gene
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
- Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Care Ontario (the corporation)
- The board of directors of Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Care Ontario
- Auditors licensed under the Public Accounting Act, 2004
- The Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- The Corporation has a duty to improve healthcare coordination and quality for individuals with sickle cell or thalassemia disorders.
- The Corporation has a duty to promote awareness and educate the public about these disorders.
- The Corporation has a duty to assist individuals and caregivers in accessing healthcare and social support.
- The Corporation has a duty to advocate on behalf of affected individuals.
- The Corporation has a duty to encourage genetic testing and assist carriers in accessing genetic counselling.
- The Corporation has a duty to monitor and track the prevalence of these disorders.
- The Corporation has a duty to submit an annual report to the Minister.
- The Corporation must appoint auditors to audit its accounts annually.
- The Corporation must provide a copy of the auditor's report to the Minister.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- June 19th of each year is proclaimed as Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Awareness Day.
- The Corporation is required to appoint auditors and may be subject to audits initiated by the Minister, which could incur costs. The bill does not specify the source of funding for the corporation or these audits.
- The bill does not specify the funding mechanisms or budget for Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Care Ontario.
- The bill does not detail the specific strategies or measures the Corporation must develop or implement.
- The bill does not outline the process for appointing members to the board of directors beyond the Lieutenant Governor in Council making the appointments.
- The bill does not specify the frequency or detailed content of the Corporation's annual report beyond stating it must include information the Minister may specify.
This bill creates a new law with this title.
Source: Part III, Section 9
This law will come into effect on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Part III, Section 8
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