Bill 113 explained in plain English

Bill 113 mandates the creation of a youth-focused pandemic recovery action plan, establishes a secretariat to support this plan and review legislation's impact on youth, and creates a standing committee to oversee these efforts.

Bill 113, the Centering Youth in Pandemic Recovery Act, 2022, requires the Premier of Ontario to create and publish a Post-Pandemic Child & Youth Action Plan. This plan must be developed with input from youth leaders and experts in education, child development, and mental health. It must include ongoing data collection on the pandemic's effects on youth, especially marginalized groups, establish goals to mitigate these effects, and outline a plan to coordinate government programs for youth recovery. The Premier must review and update this plan every two years. The bill also establishes the COVID-19 Recovery Youth Secretariat to help the Premier with the action plan and to examine all new legislation and regulations for their potential impact on youth well-being. Finally, a standing committee will be appointed to review the action plan's development, the Secretariat's research, and report findings to the Legislative Assembly every two years.