Bill 9 explained in plain English
Improving Post-Stroke Recovery for All Act, 2016
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
At a glance
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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Bill 9, the Improving Post-Stroke Recovery for All Act, 2016, adds a duty for the Ontario Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to promote evidence-based physiotherapy for stroke patients.
This bill, now an Act, 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 oversee and promote an evidence-based approach to physiotherapy services for stroke patients of all ages. The goal is to improve patient outcomes, reduce healthcare costs, and ensure access to quality post-stroke care.
- Adds a new duty to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act.
- Requires the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to oversee and promote an evidence-based approach to physiotherapy services for post-stroke patients.
- Ensures this approach applies to patients of all ages recovering from a stroke.
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
- Patients recovering from a stroke
- Physiotherapy service providers
- The Ontario healthcare system
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care has a duty to oversee and promote an evidence-based approach to physiotherapy services for post-stroke patients.
- The Act came into force on December 8, 2016, the day it received Royal Assent.
- The Act states that effectively delivered post-stroke treatment will reduce hospital and system costs.
- The specific details of how the Minister will "oversee and promote" the evidence-based approach are not detailed in the provided text.
- The definition of "evidence-based approach" is not explicitly defined within the bill text.
- The bill text does not specify which types of physiotherapy services are included.
Adds a duty for the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care regarding post-stroke physiotherapy services.
Source: Section 1
Adds a new paragraph that requires the Minister to oversee and promote an evidence-based approach to physiotherapy services for post-stroke patients of all ages.
Source: Section 1
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