Bill C-211 (Historical)

Federal Framework on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act

An Act respecting a federal framework on post-traumatic stress disorder

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

Todd Doherty  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment requires the Minister of Health to convene a conference with the Minister of National Defence, the Minister of Veterans Affairs, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, provincial and territorial government representatives responsible for health and representatives of the medical community and patients’ groups for the purpose of developing a comprehensive federal framework to address the challenges of recognizing the symptoms and providing timely diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-211s:

C-211 (2021) An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (bereavement leave)
C-211 (2020) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assaults against health care professionals and first responders)
C-211 (2020) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assaults against health care professionals and first responders)
C-211 (2013) An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (prohibition against oil tankers in Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound)

Votes

March 8, 2017 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

Health Committee, on May 4, 2017

    Health Committee, on May 16, 2017

    • Anne-Marie Ugnat, Executive Director, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Jitender Sareen, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, As an Individual
    • Natalie Harris, Advanced Care Paramedic, County of Simcoe, As an Individual

    Health Committee, on May 18, 2017