DDO Legislative Update
A weekly scan of new legislation and regulations important to the Ontario health sector, as well as articles of interest.
Bills
The Ontario Legislature has adjourned until September 11, 2017.
Regulations
No new regulations of interest.
Articles of Interest
MAID
A murder case over assisted dying divides Quebec. Should the law be changed?
Serial Killer
Nursing home filed report on Elizabeth Wettlaufer’s violations after it fired her
Mental Health
Military Cops Struggle to Enforce Mental Health
Privacy
NAFTA talks: US Proposal for cross-border data storage at odds with BC., NS law
First Nations
Saskatoon Health Region apologizes to Indigenous women pressured into tubal ligation surgery
Obamacare
Republicans fail to dismantle Obamacare in major blow to Trump
Health Care Debate: Obamacare Repeal Fails as McCain Casts Decisive No Vote
‘I Am Totally Burned Out’: Patients Watch Health Care Debate With Dread
Opioid Crisis
Third supervised injection site to open in Vancouver during opioid crisis
Interesting Reads
For Decades These Caregivers Helped Patients, Families Through Illness And Death
Judge rules Charlie Gard will spend last days in hospice, not at home
Self-care
Sugar not so sweet for mental health
Mosquitos test positive for West Nile virus on Toronto Island