Bill 132 explained in plain English
Nancy Rose Act (Paediatric Hospice Palliative Care Strategy), 2026
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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The Nancy Rose Act (Paediatric Hospice Palliative Care Strategy), 2026, requires the Ontario Minister of Health to create and implement a provincial strategy for paediatric hospice palliative care and establishes an advisory committee to guide this process.
This bill, called the Nancy Rose Act (Paediatric Hospice Palliative Care Strategy), 2026, proposes that the Ontario Minister of Health develop and implement a strategy for paediatric hospice palliative care across the province. The goal is to ensure equitable access to high-quality care for children and to provide targeted supports for their families, including mental health services. The bill also establishes a Paediatric Hospice Palliative Care Advisory Committee, made up of health professionals and family members of children who have received this type of care. This committee will advise the Minister on the strategy and will review and consider recommendations from a 2011 report on paediatric palliative care. The committee will submit annual reports of its recommendations to the Minister, who will then publish them and table them in the Legislative Assembly. The bill outlines the composition of the committee, including requirements for health professionals, family members, and geographic representation, and specifies a two-year term for its members. The Minister is also given the power to make regulations to help implement the Act. The Act will come into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Requires the Minister of Health to develop and implement a provincial strategy for paediatric hospice palliative care.
- Mandates that the strategy aim to improve access to and the quality of paediatric hospice palliative care, ensuring equity across Ontario.
- Specifies that the strategy should include targeted support for families of children receiving care, including mental health supports.
- Sets a deadline of one year from Royal Assent for the Minister to publish a report outlining the strategy.
- Requires the Minister to continually assess the strategy's effectiveness and make necessary amendments.
- Establishes the Paediatric Hospice Palliative Care Advisory Committee.
- Defines the committee's mandate to provide recommendations to the Minister on the strategy's development, implementation, and effectiveness.
- Requires the committee to review and consider recommendations from a 2011 report on paediatric palliative care.
- Requires the committee to submit an annual report of its recommendations to the Minister.
- Requires the Minister to publish the committee's annual reports and table them in the Legislative Assembly.
- Sets rules for the composition of the committee, including the number of members, their qualifications (health professionals and family members), and geographic representation.
- Specifies a two-year term for committee members.
- Grants the Minister of Health the power to make regulations related to the Act's implementation.
- The Minister of Health
- Families of children receiving or who have received hospice palliative care
- Regulated health professionals with expertise in paediatric hospice palliative care
- Children receiving hospice palliative care
- The public of Ontario
- The Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- The Minister of Health has the obligation to develop and implement a paediatric hospice palliative care strategy.
- The Minister of Health has the obligation to publish reports on the strategy and amendments.
- The Minister of Health has the obligation to publish annual reports from the Advisory Committee and table them in the Legislative Assembly.
- The Paediatric Hospice Palliative Care Advisory Committee has the obligation to provide recommendations to the Minister.
- The Committee has the obligation to prepare and provide an annual report of its recommendations to the Minister.
- The Committee has the obligation to review and adopt recommendations from a specific 2011 report.
- Committee members have a right to be appointed for a two-year term.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The Minister must ensure a report setting out the strategy is prepared and published on a government website on or before the day that is one year after the day the Act receives Royal Assent.
- The Committee must prepare an annual report on or before May 4 of each year, covering recommendations made in the previous year.
- The exact composition of the committee, beyond the minimum and maximum number of members and the general categories of members, will be subject to further prescription by regulations.
- The specific geographic areas for committee representation beyond London, Hamilton, Toronto, Kingston, and Ottawa are subject to prescription by regulation.
- The specific procedures for the Advisory Committee, including how it makes recommendations, may be governed by regulations.
- The specific duties and responsibilities of committee members may be prescribed by regulations.
This Act establishes requirements for a provincial paediatric hospice palliative care strategy and an advisory committee. It also provides the Minister of Health with the authority to make regulations.
Source: Sections 1, 2, 3, 5
The Minister of Health may create regulations concerning geographic regions, committee procedures, and member duties.
Source: Section 3
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