Bill 121 explained in plain English
Save a Life Act (Naloxone Kit Registration and Public Access), 2026
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 44th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 121 enacts the Save a Life Act (Naloxone Kit Registration and Public Access), 2026, which mandates the installation, registration, maintenance, and accessibility of naloxone kits at designated premises in Ontario.
This bill, called the Save a Life Act (Naloxone Kit Registration and Public Access), 2026, proposes new rules for naloxone kits in Ontario. It aims to increase the availability of naloxone kits to help prevent deaths from opioid poisoning. The Act would require naloxone kits to be installed, maintained, tested, and readily accessible at certain designated premises. It also mandates the registration of these kits and notification to a registrar. The bill defines what constitutes designated premises, outlines the responsibilities of owners and operators of these premises, and establishes a system for registration and notification. The Act also provides for inspectors to ensure compliance and sets out penalties for violations. The Act would come into force six months after receiving Royal Assent.
- Enacts the Save a Life Act (Naloxone Kit Registration and Public Access), 2026.
- Requires naloxone kits to be installed, maintained, tested, and available at designated premises.
- Designates certain premises as requiring naloxone kits, including those with defibrillators and other publicly accessible locations specified by regulation.
- Mandates the registration of naloxone kits with a registrar and requires notification of changes in their location or removal.
- Empowers the Minister to appoint inspectors to ensure compliance with the Act.
- Establishes offences and penalties for contraventions of the Act or for obstructing inspectors.
- States that the Act binds the Crown.
- Owners and operators of designated premises in Ontario.
- The Minister responsible for naloxone kit administration.
- A designated registrar.
- Appointed inspectors.
- The public, through increased availability of naloxone kits.
- Owners/operators of designated premises must ensure naloxone kits are installed, available, accessible, maintained, tested, and that prescribed persons are trained in their use (Section 3(2)).
- Owners/operators must register installed naloxone kits with the registrar within specified timeframes (Section 4(1)).
- Owners/operators must notify the registrar if a registered naloxone kit is moved or removed (Section 4(2)).
- Inspectors have the right to enter non-dwelling premises without a warrant to conduct inspections, examine documents, question people, and seize items for copying (Section 6).
- No person shall obstruct an inspector or provide false information (Section 6(6), 6(7)).
- The Act comes into force six months after the day it receives Royal Assent (Section 10).
- Contravention of the Act, obstructing an inspector, or providing false information can result in a conviction for an offence (Section 7(1)).
- Individuals convicted of an offence are liable to a prescribed fine (Section 7(2)).
- Corporations convicted of an offence are liable to a prescribed fine (Section 7(3)).
- Officers or directors of a corporation that commits an offence are also liable to a prescribed fine (Section 7(4)).
- The Act refers to "prescribed" requirements, fines, training, and exceptions, which will be detailed in regulations that are not provided in this bill text.
- The specific details of how naloxone kits must be installed, maintained, tested, made available, and indicated by signs will be set out in regulations.
- The specific persons to be notified by the registrar are not detailed in the bill and will be set out in regulations.
- The Act does not specify the amount of the prescribed fines for offences.
This is a new Act that will establish requirements for naloxone kits.
Source: Title, Section 11
The definition of 'naloxone kit' in this Act is referenced by the Save a Life Act. No direct amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act are made by this bill.
Source: Section 1
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