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Bill 264, Health Insurance Amendment Act (Linguistic Identity and French Diacritics on Health Cards), 2021

Bourgouin, Guy

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Health Insurance Act . The Minister

of Health and the General Manager for the Ontario Health Insurance Plan are

required to collect data respecting the linguistic identity of insured persons

and the extent to which insured persons need to communicate in French in

connection with requesting and receiving insured services. The data is to be

collected for the purpose of health services planning.

The

Minister is required to ensure that health cards are in a form which indicates

language in connection with requesting and receiving insured services. The

Minister is also required to ensure that health cards are in a form which

allows for the use of French diacritics such as accents and cedillas.

Bill 264 2021

Act to amend the Health Insurance Act respecting the collection of data

respecting linguistic identity and to require health cards to display French

diacritics and confirmation of linguistic identity

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The Health Insurance Act is amended by adding the

following section:

Collection

of data re French language health services planning

4.2 For the purpose of

health services planning, the Minister and the General Manager shall collect

data respecting the linguistic identity of insured persons and the extent to

which insured persons need to communicate in the French language in connection

with requesting and receiving insured services, including,

(

a) the

number of insured persons whose mother tongue is French;

(

b) the

who have particular knowledge of French as an official language and use French

at home; and

(

c) the

number of other insured persons who prefer to request and receive insured services

in French.

Section 11.1 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Linguistic

identity on health card

(4.1) The

Minister shall ensure the form of the health card states whether the insured

with requesting and receiving insured services.

French

diacritics on health card

(4.2) The

Minister shall ensure the form of the health card allows for the use of French

diacritics.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The short

title of this Act is the Health Insurance Amendment Act (Linguistic

Identity and French Diacritics on Health Cards), 2021 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

March 23, 2021

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

March 23, 2021

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 264

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Health Insurance Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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