OTTAWA, ON, February 2, 2023 /CNW/ – Medical assistance in dying (MAID) is a complex and deeply personal issue. Government of Canada Our laws are committed to meeting the needs of Canadians, protecting vulnerable people, and promoting independence and freedom of choice.
Below Canadian Only those who meet all the eligibility criteria under the current MAID law, who have a mental illness and meet all applicable protections, will be eligible for MAID. March 17, 2023. However, today, the Honorable Minister David Lametti Justice and the Attorney General CanadaHonorable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, Hon Carolyn BennettThe Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and the Deputy Minister of Health have introduced a bill to temporarily disqualify a person from MAID if their only medical condition is mental illness. up to March 17, 2024.
This proposed one-year extension would provide additional time to prepare to reliably and consistently evaluate and provide MAID when the individual’s only primary medical condition is mental illness, and provide time for consideration by the Special Joint Committee on MAID’s final report. February 2023.
Meanwhile, Govt Canada will work closely with provincial, territorial and health authorities to finalize and disseminate key resources. The main purpose of this proposed expansion is to allow MAID evaluators and service providers more time to be prepared to safely and consistently evaluate MAID requests from individuals with mental illness alone. Canada when the proposed extension expires.
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“There is no doubt that medical care in dying is a complex and deeply personal matter. We believe that until the proposed one-year extension is extended. March 17, 2024The temporary exclusion of people whose only health condition is mental illness will give our health system enough time to protect vulnerable people and promote independence and freedom of choice.”
The Honorable David Lametti, PC, KC, MP
minister Justice and the Attorney General Canada
“MAID is a highly personal and complex issue, so the temporary extension will give regulators, clinicians and others more time to better understand and implement the guidelines and practices. This extension will play an important role in protecting the most vulnerable while supporting their independence.” . , and make evaluators and service providers ready and comfortable to support MAID for people with mental illness as it becomes available.”
Dear Jean-Yves Duclos
Minister of Health
“The safety and security of Canadians, including the most vulnerable, remains at the center of what we do, while promoting individual autonomy. Canadians can be assured that we are taking MAID for people with mental illness carefully and seriously. disease.”
Dear Carolyn Bennett
Minister of Mental Health and Addiction, Deputy Minister of Health
Quick facts
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On March 17, 2021, the revised MAID legislation (formerly Bill C-7) received royal assent and became law. Former Bill C-7 expanded eligibility for MAID to those whose death was not reasonably foreseeable and strengthened protections for these applicants. With these changes, the only medical condition will be mental illness, and those who meet the other criteria will no longer be eligible for MAID. March 17, 2023. This temporary exemption was intended to give the Govt Canada It’s time to discuss the conclusions and recommendations of the General Directorate of Mental Disorders and the Expert Council on Mental Disorders, as well as the conclusions of the Special Joint Committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Mental Disorders.
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On December 15, 2022minister Justice and the Attorney General CanadaThe Minister of Health, the Minister of Mental Health and Addiction, and the Deputy Minister of Health announced the government. Canadian In early 2023, it is planned to introduce legislation that would only temporarily exclude people with mental illness. March 17, 2023. The introduction of Bill C-39 responds to this commitment.
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On May 13, 2022Government Canada The final report of the Expert Panel on Servants and Mental Illness was presented to Parliament. The report provides 19 recommendations for MAID regime design to address questions that may arise in some MAID requests, particularly when the MAID requester’s natural death cannot be predicted. These include the effects of incurable, irreversible, capacity, suicidality, and structural vulnerabilities (structural vulnerabilities include a person’s sex, gender, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, sexuality, institutional location, and the person’s (interaction effects between locations). society).
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On June 22, 2022, the Special Joint Parliamentary Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying issued an interim report on MAID and mental illness. The Special Joint Committee heard from a variety of expert witnesses, including legal experts, palliative care providers, MAID therapists, physicians, nurses, psychiatrists, and the Chair of the Independent Expert Panel on MAID and Mental Illness.
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The joint special committee of MPP of the Parliament is about to issue a final report February 17, 2023, and can provide additional insight into MAID requests for people with complex conditions, including those with mental illness as the sole medical condition. The proposed extension will provide time for consideration of this final report.
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in March 2023, MAID practice standards will be ready for adoption by health professional regulators and physicians. Government of Canada appointed a Working Group of experts to develop these MAID practice standards in collaboration with state and territory governments, regulatory bodies and clinicians. Canada.
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Government of Canada Supporting the development of an accredited Canadian MAID curriculum to support the education and training of medical professionals. The curriculum consists of seven modules, including MAID and a module on mental disorders. The opening of the modules will begin in 2015 Autumn 2023with the goal of having all modules ready by the end of 2023.
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