Bill 79 explained in plain English
Right to Timely Mental Health and Addiction Care for Children and Youth Act, 2021
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 79, the Right to Timely Mental Health and Addiction Care for Children and Youth Act, 2021, mandates that individuals under 26 in Ontario must receive access to required mental health or addiction services within 30 days of being assessed as needing them.
This bill establishes the Right to Timely Mental Health and Addiction Care for Children and Youth Act, 2021. It requires the Minister of Health to ensure that individuals under 26 years old residing in Ontario who are deemed to need a mental health or addiction service receive access to that service within 30 days of being deemed to require it. The Act also allows for regulations to be made regarding definitions, prescribed services, and compliance monitoring. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Enacts the Right to Timely Mental Health and Addiction Care for Children and Youth Act, 2021.
- Requires the Minister of Health to ensure timely access to mental health and addiction services for young people.
- Establishes a 30-day timeframe for accessing mental health and addiction services for eligible individuals.
- Allows the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations related to the Act.
- Specifies that the Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Children and youth under 26 years old residing in Ontario who require mental health or addiction services.
- Mental health service providers in Ontario.
- The Minister of Health (or other assigned Minister).
- The right for eligible individuals to receive access to a required mental health or addiction service within 30 days of being deemed to require it.
- The obligation of the Minister to ensure this timely access.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The bill text does not specify what happens if the 30-day timeframe is not met.
- The specific mental health and addiction services that are considered 'required' may be further defined by regulation.
- The bill does not detail the system for monitoring compliance, which may be established by regulation.
This is a new Act that creates specific requirements and rights regarding mental health and addiction care for children and youth in Ontario.
This Act may be referenced to assign the administration of the new Right to Timely Mental Health and Addiction Care for Children and Youth Act, 2021 to a member of the Executive Council other than the Minister of Health.
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