Bill C-227
National Strategy for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Act
An Act respecting the establishment of a National Strategy for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Sponsor
John Rafferty NDP
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
Status
Introduction and First Reading
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National Strategy for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Act
Routine Proceedings
June 15th, 2011 / 3:30 p.m.
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NDP
John Rafferty Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-227, An Act respecting the establishment of a National Strategy for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Mr. Speaker, my bill asks the Government of Canada to establish a national strategy for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder that includes: the establishment, in co-operation with the provincial governments, of national standards for the treatment of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and the delivery of related services; and the study, in co-operation with the provincial governments, of the funding arrangements for the care of those with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, including the possibility of transferring federal funds to assist the provincial governments in providing treatment, education, professional training and other required supports for Canadians with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)