Bill 41 explained in plain English
Lung Health 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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The Lung Health Act, 2014 establishes an advisory council and a provincial action plan to address lung disease in Ontario.
This bill, the Lung Health Act, 2014, establishes a Lung Health Advisory Council and requires the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to develop and implement an Ontario Lung Health Action Plan. The Act outlines the composition of the Council, its advisory role, the Minister's undertakings to improve lung health, and reporting requirements for both the Council and the Ontario Health Quality Council. The Act also includes provisions for regulations and its commencement.
- Establishes the Lung Health Advisory Council.
- Defines the composition of the Lung Health Advisory Council.
- Outlines the powers of the Lung Health Advisory Council to make recommendations to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.
- Requires the Minister to undertake actions to improve lung health awareness, diagnosis, treatment, and care.
- Requires the Ontario Health Quality Council to report annually on the Minister's performance.
- Requires the Minister to develop and implement an Ontario Lung Health Action Plan.
- Specifies reporting timelines for the Minister regarding the development and implementation of the action plan.
- Empowers the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations concerning the Council's operations.
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
- The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
- The Lung Health Advisory Council
- The Ontario Lung Association
- Persons with lung disease
- Informal caregivers of persons with lung disease
- Respirologists and other physicians specializing in lung health
- Respiratory therapists
- Non-profit organizations interested in lung health
- The Ontario Health Quality Council
- Healthcare providers
- The general public in Ontario
- The Council has the right to make recommendations to the Minister on various lung health matters.
- The Minister undertakes to increase awareness, develop partnerships, facilitate training, and improve access to services related to lung health.
- The Ontario Health Quality Council is obligated to submit an annual report card on the Minister's performance.
- The Minister is obligated to table the Ontario Health Quality Council's report card in the Legislative Assembly.
- The Minister is obligated to develop and implement the Ontario Lung Health Action Plan.
- The Act comes into force six months after receiving Royal Assent.
- The Minister shall publish a progress report on the Ontario Lung Health Action Plan within two years after the Act comes into force.
- The Minister shall publish a report detailing the Ontario Lung Health Action Plan within three years after the Act comes into force.
- The bill does not explicitly mention new taxes or financial penalties, but it does mention 'accelerating investments in all areas of lung health research' (Section 4(1)(f)).
- The bill does not specify penalties for non-compliance.
- The Minister's undertakings regarding lung health improvements are to be done 'as far as he or she considers it reasonable and appropriate to do so' (Section 5).
- The specific content and scope of the Ontario Lung Health Action Plan are determined by the Minister, considering recommendations and reports from advisory bodies.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council has broad authority to make regulations regarding the Council's operations, the specifics of which are not detailed in the bill text.
Establishes the Lung Health Advisory Council and the Ontario Lung Health Action Plan.
Continues the Ontario Health Quality Council under subsection 10(1) for the purpose of reporting on the Minister's performance under the Lung Health Act, 2014.
Source: Section 6(1)
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