An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)
An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying). Royal assent March 9, 2023 (S.C. 2023, c. 1). One-year delay of the planned March 17, 2023 expansion of medical-assistance-in-dying eligibility to people whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness. Pushes the implementation date to March 17, 2024 to allow more time for clinical-practice standards and provincial-regulator readiness. Followed by a further delay enacted in C-62 (2024) to March 17, 2027. Sponsored by David Lametti as Minister of Justice.
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Delayed by a year the rule change that would have allowed people whose only medical condition is mental illness to qualify for MAID. The deferral has been extended multiple times since.
Issues this bill touches
- Disability & Senior Care
MAID-track-2 expansion for mental illness has been postponed multiple times. Disability advocates have been split.
- Mental Health
Delays the planned MAID expansion to people whose sole underlying condition is mental illness.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the House of Commons.
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Second reading in the House of Commons.
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Third reading in the House of Commons.
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First reading in the Senate.
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Second reading in the Senate.
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Third reading in the Senate.
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Royal assent received.
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David LamettiLIBERALOfficial source
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