Bill 117 explained in plain English
Children's Mental Health Act, 2011
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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This bill transfers the administration of specific children's mental health services involving liberty restrictions from one provincial minister to another.
Bill 117, the Children's Mental Health Act, 2010, aims to transfer the responsibility for administering certain children's mental health services from the Minister of Children and Youth Services to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. These services relate to the treatment of children with mental disorders where their liberty is continuously restricted. The Act amends existing legislation to reflect this transfer and clarify the roles of the respective Ministers.
- Transfers the administration of programs under Part VI of the Child and Family Services Act from the Minister of Children and Youth Services to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.
- Amends the definition of "Minister" in the Child and Family Services Act to reflect the change in responsibility for Part VI.
- Amends the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act to assign the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care responsibility for administering Part VI of the Child and Family Services Act.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force six months after receiving Royal Assent.
- Children receiving mental health services where their liberty is continuously restricted.
- The Minister of Children and Youth Services.
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care is responsible for the administration of Part VI of the Child and Family Services Act.
- The Minister of Children and Youth Services remains responsible for other parts of the Child and Family Services Act.
- The Act comes into force six months after the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The specific programs under Part VI of the Child and Family Services Act that are being transferred are described as 'certain children's mental health services'.
- The bill does not specify the exact date of Royal Assent, only that the Act comes into force six months after it.
Changes the definition of "Minister" in certain sections to assign responsibility for Part VI (Extraordinary Measures) to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, and clarifies that the Minister of Children and Youth Services is the minister for other parts of the Act.
Source: Section 1
Assigns the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care responsibility for administering Part VI (Extraordinary Measures) of the Child and Family Services Act.
Source: Section 2
Repeals the definition of "Minister" in subsection 3(1) and substitutes it with a new definition.
Source: Section 1 (1)
Repeals subsection 3(2) and substitutes it with new provisions regarding the Minister's responsibilities.
Source: Section 2
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