Bill C-201

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

Sponsor

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of May 29, 2025

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Canada Health Act to add mental, addictions and substance use health services to the definition of “insured health services”.

Similar bills

C-414 (44th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Canada Health Act (mental, addictions and substance use health services)

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-201s:

C-201 (2021) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (volunteer firefighting and search and rescue volunteer services)

C-201 (2020) School Food Program for Children Act

C-201 (2015) An Act to amend the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act (independent assessment)

Mental Health and AddictionsOral Questions

May 30th, 2025 / 12:05 p.m.

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NDP

Gord Johns NDP Courtenay—Alberni, BC

Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I tabled the first private member's bill in this Parliament, Bill C-201, which aims to bring mental health, addictions and substance use services into our universal public health care system. The last Liberal government promised to ensure that mental health was treated as a full and equal part of Canada's public health care system, but it failed to deliver.

Untreated mental illness has enormous costs for families, communities and our economy. Will the new government recognize that investing in mental health is good for all Canadians and support my bill?