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Bill 129, Safe and Healthy Communities Act (Addressing Gun Violence), 2019

Hunter, Mitzie

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The

Bill amends the Health Insurance Act . Insured

services shall include prescribed hospital-based violence intervention

programs. They shall also include trauma-informed counselling for survivors and

others affected by gun violence.

The

Bill also amends the Health Protection and Promotion Act .

Boards of health shall have programs and services for reducing gun violence.

They shall also have programs and services for increasing the capacity of the

community to assist survivors and others affected by gun violence.

Bill 129 2019

Act to amend the Health Insurance Act and the Health Protection and Promotion

Act

in respect of addressing gun violence and its impacts

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Health

Insurance Act

Subsection 11.2 (1) of the Health Insurance Act is

amended by adding the following paragraph:

4. Prescribed

hospital-based violence intervention programs, and prescribed trauma-informed

counselling for survivors of gun violence and impacted family members and

observers, rendered by prescribed practitioners under such conditions and

limitations as may be prescribed, but without any time limit on accessing the

counselling.

Health

Protection and Promotion Act

Section 5 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act

is amended by adding the following paragraphs:

2.1 Reduction

of gun violence.

2.2 Increasing

the capacity of the community to enhance the well-being of survivors of gun

violence and of people with trauma associated with gun violence.

Commencement

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Short Title

Commencement

This Act comes into force six months after the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Safe and Healthy

Communities Act (Addressing Gun Violence), 2019 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

June 5, 2019

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

June 5, 2019

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

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