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Bill 84, Mandatory Blood Testing Amendment Act, 2026

Smith, Laura

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

Currently,

the Mandatory Blood Testing Act, 2006 allows a

person to apply to a medical officer of health to have the blood of another

person analysed. A new

section 2.1 provides that if an application is made and

the other person subsequently dies, the application shall be dealt with in

accordance with such modifications to the Act as are set out in the

regulations. New

section 2.2 allows a person to make an application in respect

of a person who is deceased at the time of the application. The Minister is

authorized to make regulations respecting how such an application must be dealt

with.

Bill 84 2025

Act to amend the Mandatory Blood Testing Act, 2006

His

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The Mandatory Blood Testing Act, 2006 is amended by

adding the following sections:

Death

of respondent

2.1 If an application is

made under

section 2 and the respondent dies after the application is made but

before the application is dealt with under the Act, the application shall

continue in accordance with sections 3 to 6, as may be modified by the

regulations, and such other rules as may be prescribed.

Application

re deceased person

2.2 A person may make an

application under

section 2 in respect of a person who is deceased at the time

of the application and if such an application is made, sections 3 to 6 do not

apply and instead the application shall be dealt with in accordance with the

regulations.

(1) Subsection 7 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “under

section 3 or an order of the Board under

section 5” and substituting “under this

Act or an order of the Board under this Act”.

(2) Subsection

7 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “under

section 3 or pursuant to an

order of the Board under

section 5” in the portion before clause (

a) and

substituting “under this Act or pursuant to an order of the Board under this

Act”.

Section 8 of the Act is amended by striking out “under

section 3 or an order of

the Board under

section 5” and substituting “under this Act or an order of the

Board under this Act”.

Subsection 11 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clauses:

(

m) governing

circumstances where a respondent dies after an application is made under

section 2, including, specifying such modifications to sections 3 to 6, and

specifying such other rules, as are necessary or desirable to ensure the

continuation of the application after the respondent’s death;

(

n) governing

applications under

section 2 in circumstances where the respondent is deceased

at the time the application is made, including,

(

i) specifying

the steps that a medical officer of health is required to take after receiving

an application,

(ii) specifying

the steps that the Board is required to take after receiving a referral from a

medical officer, including prescribing rules governing hearings and decisions

by the Board,

(iii) specifying

matters related to applications to a judge of the Superior Court and orders

that the judge may make, and

(iv) prescribing

or governing anything mentioned in clauses (

f) to (

k) in respect of the

application.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant

Governor in Council.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Mandatory Blood Testing

Amendment Act, 2025 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

April 2, 2026

Second Reading

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy

April 2, 2026

Second Reading

Vote

Carried on division

April 1, 2026

Second Reading

Question put

Vote deferred

April 1, 2026

Second Reading

Debated

December 1, 2025

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

December 1, 2025

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

December 1, 2025

Carried

Ordered for Second Reading

Second Reading

April 1, 2026

Debated

Question put