An Act to establish a national framework respecting attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Bill C-229 establishes a national framework respecting Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) for Canadian adults and children. ADHD affects an estimated 5 to 7 percent of Canadian children and 3 to 4 percent of adults per the Centre for ADHD Awareness Canada. The framework would coordinate federal-provincial-territorial responses to diagnosis access (currently waitlists exceed two years in most provinces), workplace accommodation under the Accessible Canada Act (S.C. 2019, c. 10), prescription-stimulant supply continuity (Canada experienced ADHD-medication shortages in 2023 affecting roughly 20 percent of prescriptions), and adult-diagnosis recognition for women and racialized adults who are systematically under-diagnosed.