An Act to amend the Canada Health Act (mental, addictions and substance use health services)

Bill C-414 was an NDP Private Member's Bill amending the Canada Health Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-6) to add mental-health, addictions, and substance-use treatment services as insured-services under section 2 of the Act, requiring federal-provincial cost-sharing equivalent to physical-health services. Currently mental-health services in Canada fall mostly under provincial extended-health-benefits programs with significant coverage gaps. The Canadian Mental Health Association estimates approximately 7 million Canadians live with mental-health concerns each year. The 2023 federal-provincial Working Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians 10-year agreement at $196 billion included mental-health priorities but did not amend the CHA. Did not pass second reading.