Choice for Patients Seeking Addiction Treatment Act, 2017 Jones, Sylvia — Bill 99 (41st Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 99, 41-2

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Bill 99, Choice for Patients Seeking Addiction Treatment Act, 2017

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Choice for Patients

Seeking Addiction Treatment Act, 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill amends the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act to require

persons who operate a centre or program that provides residential substance

abuse treatment services to provide certain information to the Minister of

Health and Long-Term Care and requiring the Minister to publish that

information.

Bill 99 2017

Act to amend the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act with respect to residential

substance abuse treatment services

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act is

amended by adding the following section:

Duty

to provide report to Minister

6.1

(1) Every

person who operates a centre or program that provides residential substance

abuse treatment services shall provide a report to the Minister that contains

the following information:

1. The

name of the centre or program.

2. The

location, telephone number and website address of the centre or program.

3. A

list of services offered by the centre or program.

4. Whether

the centre or program has been reviewed by an independent organization on the

basis of a set of standards developed by the organization, and, if so, the name

of the organization, a description of the nature of the review and the results

of the review.

5. Any

other information prescribed in the regulations.

When

report to be provided

(2) The

report shall be provided to the Minister,

(

a) within

30 days after the coming into force of

section 1 of the Choice

for Patients Seeking Addiction Treatment Act, 2017 and annually after

that; and

(

b) within

30 days after any change to the operations of the centre or program such that

the information contained in the last report submitted to the Minister is no

longer up to date.

Register

(3) The

Minister shall establish and maintain a public register on a Government of

Ontario website that,

(

a) lists

the name of each centre or program for which the Minister has received a report

under this

section together with the information described in paragraphs 2 to 5

of subsection (1) with respect to each centre or program; and

(

b) allows

for an individual to search the register on the basis of any information described

in paragraphs 1 to 5 of subsection (1).

Same

(4) The

Minister shall promptly update the register on the basis of any subsequent

report received under this

section in respect of a centre or program.

Exception

(5) Subsection

(1) does not apply to a person who operates a hospital within the meaning of

the Public Hospitals Act , a private hospital within

the meaning of the Private Hospitals Act or a

psychiatric facility within the meaning of the Mental

Health Act that provides residential substance abuse treatment services.

Section 12 of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(0.a.1) prescribing

additional information to be included in a report under subsection 6.1 (1).

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Choice for Patients

Seeking Addiction Treatment Act, 2017 .

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

March 1, 2017

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

March 1, 2017

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 99

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

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 99, 41-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s2 bill 99 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	80b6c9f6e0a4482f9215053eff4f38a82071648e

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