Health Insurance Amendment Act (Supplemental Newborn Screening), 2005 Baird, John R. — Bill 101 (38th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 101, 38-2

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Bill 101, Health Insurance Amendment Act (Supplemental Newborn Screening), 2005

Baird, John R.

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Bill 101 2004

An Act to amend the

Health Insurance Act

Preamble

Many infants and children unknowingly suffer from Medium Chain ACYL-COA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (MCAD) which may be the cause of 100 infant deaths thought to be SIDS or REYES.

Families in Ontario are aware of the importance of expanding their newborn screening of Fatty Oxidation Disorders (FOD) and other metabolic disorders that can be detected through tandem mass spectrometry. The procedure is currently conducted in

British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia.

The sample taken at birth for PKU testing is the same sample that can be used to test for FOD and other disorders.

Supplemental newborn screening for FOD disorders would detect MCAD and allow children to live normal lives through treatment.

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

Section 11.2 of the Health Insurance Act , as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996,

chapter 1,

Schedule H,

section 8 and amended by 1997,

chapter 16,

section 7, is amended by adding the following

subsection:

Same

(6) The provision of supplemental newborn screening through the use of tandem mass spectrometry is an insured service.

Commencement

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

Short title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Health Insurance Amendment Act (Supplemental Newborn Screening), 2004 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Health Insurance Act by making the supplemental screening of newborns through the use of tandem mass spectrometry an insured service.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

November 30, 2005

Withdrawn pursuant to the Order of the House

November 30, 2005

Discharge the Order of referral to Committee

September 28, 2005

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

June 13, 2005

Ordered carried over from previous session

June 13, 2005

Carried over to next session

June 13, 2005

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

June 13, 2005

Order for Second Reading discharged pursuant to Standing Order 72(

a) June 15, 2004

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

June

15, 2004

June

13, 2005

Order for second reading discharged. Referred to the Standing

Committee on Regulations and Private Bills.

Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

September

28, 2005

Continued from the First Session as a Bill of the

Second Session by Order of the House dated June 13, 2005

November

30, 2005

Order referring the Bill to the Standing Committee on Regulations

and Private Bills discharged. Bill withdrawn.

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

Acts Affected: 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

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 101, 38-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p38 s2 bill 101 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	d68984c84ab924d89316e7dcc9b2750499a0be99

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