Bill 99 explained in plain English
Choice for Patients Seeking Addiction Treatment Act, 2017
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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Bill 99, the Choice for Patients Seeking Addiction Treatment Act, 2017, requires operators of residential substance abuse treatment services to report information to the Minister, who must then publish it in a public register.
This bill amends the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act to require operators of residential substance abuse treatment centres and programs to report specific information to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. The Minister is then required to create and maintain a public register of this information on a government website. The bill also allows for regulations to specify additional information to be included in these reports.
- Requires operators of residential substance abuse treatment centres or programs to report specified information to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.
- Requires the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to establish and maintain a public register of this information on a government website.
- Allows for regulations to prescribe additional information for these reports.
- Specifies that the reporting requirements do not apply to hospitals, private hospitals, or psychiatric facilities that provide residential substance abuse treatment services.
- Operators of residential substance abuse treatment centres or programs (excluding hospitals, private hospitals, and psychiatric facilities that offer these services).
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.
- The public seeking information on residential substance abuse treatment services.
- Operators of residential substance abuse treatment centres/programs have a duty to provide reports to the Minister.
- The Minister has a duty to establish and maintain a public register.
- The public has a right to access the information in the public register.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify the exact format or frequency of the reports beyond the initial report and annual updates, or updates due to operational changes. It also relies on future regulations to define 'any other information prescribed in the regulations' for the reports.
- The bill does not detail any penalties for non-compliance with the reporting requirements.
- The bill does not specify the method or criteria for how the Minister will 'promptly update' the register.
- The bill does not define 'independent organization' or the 'set of standards' for reviews mentioned in the reporting requirements.
Adds a new section (6.1) that requires operators of residential substance abuse treatment centres and programs to report specific details (name, location, services, review information, and any prescribed information) to the Minister. It also mandates the Minister to create and maintain a public register of this information and updates an existing section (12) to allow for regulations prescribing additional reporting details.
Source: Section 1
Amends section 12 to permit regulations that may prescribe additional information to be included in the reports required under the new section 6.1(1).
Source: Section 2
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