Breast Cancer Screening Act, 2010 Orazietti, David — Bill 56 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 56, 39-2

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Bill 56, Breast Cancer Screening Act, 2010

Orazietti, David

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Bill 56 2010

An Act to increase access to breast cancer screening

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Definition

1. In

this Act,

"Minister"

means the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care or any other member of the

Executive Council to whom responsibility for the administration of this Act is

assigned or transferred under the Executive Council Act .

Breast screening

(1) The

Minister shall ensure that breast screening services are provided free of

charge to women aged 40 to 49 years who are referred by,

(

a) a

physician; or

(

b) a

member of the College of Nurses of Ontario who is a registered nurse and who

holds an extended certificate of registration under the Nursing

Act, 1991 .

Same

(2) The breast screening services mentioned in subsection

(1) may be provided through the Ontario Breast Screening Program of Cancer Care

Ontario or that program's successor.

Cost of breast screening

(3) The cost of providing breast screening services under

subsection (1) shall be paid out of funds appropriated for such purposes by the

Legislature.

Commencement

3. This Act comes into force six months after

the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

4. The

short title of this Act is the Breast Cancer Screening Act, 2010 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill requires the Minister to ensure that breast screening services are

provided free of charge to women aged 40 to 49 years who are referred by a

physician or a specified nurse. The breast screening services may be provided

through the Ontario Breast Screening Program of Cancer Care Ontario or that

program's successor.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

May 20, 2010

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy

May 20, 2010

Second Reading

Carried

May 20, 2010

Second Reading

Debate

May 5, 2010

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

May 5, 2010

Committee

Second Reading

May 20, 2010

Mr. David Orazietti, Mrs. Christine Elliott, Mr. Peter Tabuns, Ms. Helena Jaczek, Mrs. Elizabeth Witmer, Ms. M. Aileen Carroll

May 20, 2010

Declared carried.

Referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy.

Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Royal Assent

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 56, 39-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p39 s2 bill 56 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	8a407b617ef6f620b9d44f7eb3fd5e278f469bfc

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