Bill 141 explained in plain English
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness, Research and Care Act, 2015
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 141, the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness, Research and Care Act, 2015, proclaims October 15 as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day and requires the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to conduct research and analysis on pregnancy loss and infant death.
This Act proclaims October 15 of each year as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day in Ontario. It also amends the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act to add a duty for the Minister to undertake research and analysis on pregnancy loss and infant death. This research is intended to help individuals, including mothers and families, who experience such losses, and to inform the creation or expansion of related programs. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Declares October 15 of each year as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day.
- Adds a duty to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act requiring the Minister to undertake research and analysis related to pregnancy loss and infant death.
- States that the purpose of this research and analysis is to assist those experiencing pregnancy loss or infant death, including mothers and families, and to inform the development or enhancement of relevant programs.
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.
- Individuals, including mothers and families, who experience pregnancy loss and infant death.
- The general public through the designation of an awareness day.
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care has a duty to undertake research and analysis on pregnancy loss and infant death.
- October 15 is proclaimed annually as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent, which was December 10, 2015.
- The bill text does not specify how the research and analysis will be conducted or funded.
- The bill text does not detail what specific programs might be developed or expanded as a result of the research.
Adds a new duty to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to undertake research and analysis concerning pregnancy loss and infant death.
Source: Section 2
Establishes the Act itself and gives it its short title.
Source: Section 4
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