Bill 216 explained in plain English
Greater Access to Hepatitis C Treatment Act, 2016
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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This bill proposes to amend the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act to ensure that all patients in Ontario receive recommended hepatitis C treatments, regardless of their liver damage stage.
This bill, titled the Greater Access to Hepatitis C Treatment Act, 2016, proposes to amend the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act. It aims to add a new duty for the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care concerning patients with hepatitis C. Specifically, it seeks to ensure that any recommended hepatitis C treatment is provided to patients regardless of the extent of their liver damage. The bill states that approximately 110,000 Ontarians have hepatitis C, many of whom are unaware of their infection. It also notes that while new treatments are highly effective, access in Ontario is currently restricted by criteria that require a certain stage of liver damage. The bill intends to remove this restriction, allowing access to treatment irrespective of the disease stage.
- Amends the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act.
- Adds a duty to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care regarding hepatitis C patients.
- Requires that recommended hepatitis C treatments be provided to patients regardless of the degree of liver damage they have sustained.
- Ontarians with hepatitis C.
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.
- Physicians recommending hepatitis C treatments.
- Individuals seeking publicly-funded hepatitis C treatment in Ontario.
- Patients have the right to receive recommended hepatitis C treatments regardless of their liver damage stage.
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care has a duty to ensure treatments are provided irrespective of liver damage.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify the process or mechanism by which the Minister will ensure these treatments are provided.
- It does not detail what constitutes a 'recommended treatment' by a physician.
Adds a duty for the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to ensure that any treatment recommended by a physician for a patient with hepatitis C is provided to the patient, regardless of the extent of liver damage.
Source: Section 1
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