Bill 5 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, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Greater Access to Hepatitis C Treatment Act, 2016, amends the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act to mandate that the Minister ensures Hepatitis C patients receive recommended treatments irrespective of their liver damage.
This bill, titled the Greater Access to Hepatitis C Treatment Act, 2016, amends the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act. It adds a new duty for the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to ensure that patients with Hepatitis C receive recommended treatments, regardless of the stage of their liver damage. Previously, access to publicly funded treatments was restricted by clinical criteria requiring a certain level of liver fibrosis.
- Amends the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act.
- Adds a new duty to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.
- This duty requires the Minister to ensure that any treatment recommended by a physician for a patient with hepatitis C is provided to the patient, without regard to the extent of liver damage the patient has.
- States that the short title of this Act is the Greater Access to Hepatitis C Treatment Act, 2016.
- Patients with Hepatitis C in Ontario.
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.
- Physicians who recommend Hepatitis C treatments.
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care has a new duty to ensure patients with Hepatitis C receive recommended treatments regardless of their liver damage stage.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill text does not specify how the Minister will ensure treatments are provided, nor does it detail the process for recommending treatments.
Adds a new paragraph to Subsection 6 (1) which creates an additional duty for the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care regarding Hepatitis C treatment.
Source: Section 1
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