Bill 27 explained in plain English
Provincial Framework and Action Plan concerning Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases 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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The Provincial Framework and Action Plan concerning Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases Act, 2015 requires the Ontario Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to develop and publish a provincial framework and action plan to address emerging diseases spread by vectors.
This law requires the Ontario Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to create a provincial plan to deal with emerging diseases that are spread by insects or other animals (like ticks or mosquitoes). This plan must include a system to track these diseases, create educational materials for health workers and the public, set guidelines for preventing, identifying, treating, and managing these diseases, and encourage research into them. The plan must be published online within a year of being developed. The Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion is involved in providing data for the surveillance program. The Minister can consult with other government bodies, health boards, and other organizations when developing and managing the plan. The law also defines what an "emerging vector-borne disease" is for the purposes of the Act. The law came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Requires the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to develop a provincial framework and action plan concerning emerging vector-borne diseases.
- Specifies that the framework and action plan must enhance provincial surveillance using data from the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion.
- Requires the framework and action plan to establish guidelines for prevention, identification, treatment, and management of these diseases, including preparedness and sharing best practices.
- Mandates the creation and distribution of standardized educational materials for healthcare providers and the public.
- Requires the framework and action plan to promote research related to emerging vector-borne diseases.
- States that the Minister is responsible for administering the framework and action plan.
- Allows the Minister to consult with other ministries, health boards, public health agencies, the federal government, and other entities when developing and administering the plan.
- Requires the Minister to publish the framework and action plan on a government website within one year of its development.
- Defines "emerging vector-borne diseases" as infectious vector-borne diseases that pose or are likely to pose a risk to public health in Ontario.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
- Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
- Health care providers in Ontario
- Members of the public in Ontario
- Other affected ministries
- Boards of health
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Federal Government
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care has a duty to develop a provincial framework and action plan concerning emerging vector-borne diseases.
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care is responsible for administering the framework and action plan.
- The Minister must publish the framework and action plan within one year of developing it.
- This Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent (June 2, 2015).
- The specific content and detail of the provincial framework and action plan are not fully outlined in the Act, other than its general purpose and components.
- The Act does not specify the exact mechanisms or timelines for research promotion, other than requiring it to be part of the plan.
This Act establishes the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, which is named as a source of data for the provincial surveillance program under the new Act.
Source: Section 1(1)
This Act provides the definition of "board of health" for the purposes of consultations under the new Act.
Source: Section 2(5)
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