Bill 63 explained in plain English
Right to Timely Mental Health and Addiction Care for Children and Youth Act, 2019
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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This Ontario Act requires the province's Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to ensure children and youth under 26 in Ontario receive required mental health and addiction services within 30 days of being deemed to need them.
Bill 63, the Right to Timely Mental Health and Addiction Care for Children and Youth Act, 2018, requires the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care (or the minister assigned responsibility for this Act) to ensure that individuals under 26 years old who live in Ontario and have been identified as needing mental health or addiction services receive access to those services within 30 days. The Act also allows for regulations to define terms, specify required services in certain situations, and set up a system to monitor compliance. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Establishes the Right to Timely Mental Health and Addiction Care for Children and Youth Act, 2018.
- Requires the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to ensure access to mental health and addiction services for eligible individuals within 30 days of being deemed to require them.
- Specifies that the Act applies to individuals who are less than 26 years old, reside in Ontario, and have been deemed to require a mental health or addiction service by a qualified provider.
- Empowers the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations related to the Act, including defining terms, prescribing services, and establishing a compliance monitoring system.
- Children and youth under 26 years old residing in Ontario who require mental health or addiction services.
- Mental health service providers who deem individuals as requiring a service.
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care (or the minister assigned responsibility for this Act).
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council.
- The right for eligible children and youth to receive access to required mental health or addiction services within 30 days of being deemed to require them.
- The obligation of the Minister to ensure this timely access.
- The authority of the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations to define terms, specify services, and establish monitoring systems.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The specific mental health and addiction services that are considered 'required' in 'prescribed circumstances' will be defined by regulation.
- The mechanism for monitoring compliance and any consequences for non-compliance are not detailed in the Act itself and may be established by regulation.
- The Act does not specify how a service provider 'deems' a person to require a service; this may be subject to regulation or professional standards.
This Act creates new rules and requirements for timely access to mental health and addiction care for young people in Ontario.
Source: Explanatory Note, Section 4
The Act places a duty on the Minister to ensure that eligible children and youth receive timely access to mental health and addiction services.
Source: Section 1(1)
The Lieutenant Governor in Council is granted the power to create regulations to support the implementation of the Act.
Source: Section 2
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