Bill 178 explained in plain English
Black Mental Health Day Act, 2020
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Black Mental Health Day Act, 2020, proclaims the first Monday in March as Black Mental Health Day and mandates the collection of patient race data and culturally appropriate health services.
This bill, titled the Black Mental Health Day Act, 2020, proclaims the first Monday in March each year as Black Mental Health Day in Ontario. It also amends the Anti-Racism Act, 2017, to require health sector organizations and funded service providers to collect patient race information, and amends the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act to ensure health services are provided in a culturally appropriate manner.
- Proclaims the first Monday in March each year as Black Mental Health Day in Ontario.
- Amends the Anti-Racism Act, 2017, to require the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Long-Term Care, Ontario Health, and funded health service providers to take reasonable steps to collect patient race information.
- Amends the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act to add a duty to ensure health services are provided in a culturally appropriate manner.
- Black Ontarians
- The Ministry of Health
- The Ministry of Long-Term Care
- Ontario Health
- Persons receiving funding from the Government of Ontario to provide health care services
- Patients receiving health care services in Ontario
- Health care organizations and funded service providers have a duty to take reasonable steps to collect patient race information.
- The Ministry of Health has a duty to ensure health services are provided in a culturally appropriate manner.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill may result in financial implications for organizations needing to implement systems for collecting patient race information, but specific costs are not detailed in the provided text.
- The bill does not specify penalties for non-compliance with the collection of patient race information or the provision of culturally appropriate services. It states that organizations must take "all reasonable steps".
- The bill does not detail the specific methods or standards for collecting race-based information, other than stating that data standards and regulations may apply.
- The bill does not specify the exact definition of 'culturally appropriate manner' in the context of health services.
- The bill does not outline penalties for non-compliance with the new requirements.
Repeals subsection 6 (7) of the Anti-Racism Act, 2017.
Source: Section 2 (1)
Adds a new section (6.1) requiring the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Long-Term Care, Ontario Health, and funded health care providers to take reasonable steps to collect patient race information in Ontario.
Source: Section 2 (2)
Adds a new paragraph (2.1) to subsection 6 (1), requiring the Minister to ensure that health services are provided in a culturally appropriate manner.
Source: Section 3
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