C-414An Act to amend the Canada Health Act (mental, addictions and substance use health services)
Private member's bill, introduced in the House of Commons on October 10, 2024
- Status
- At second reading in the House of Commons since October 10, 2024
What it does
Adds mental, addictions and substance use health services to the Canada Health Act’s definition of insured health services.
What it does
- Adds mental, addictions and substance use health services to the list of insured health services under the Canada Health Act.
- Defines those services to include services provided in community settings.
- Updates the Act’s comprehensiveness rule so provincial health plans must insure these services when they are provided by hospitals, medical practitioners, dentists, or, where provincial law allows, other health care practitioners.
Who it affects
- Provincial health plans
- People seeking mental health services
- People seeking addiction services
- People seeking substance use services
- Hospitals
- Medical practitioners
- Dentists
- Other health care practitioners
Topics
Background
The bill changes the Canada Health Act. It replaces the Act’s current definition of insured health services and rewrites the rule on comprehensiveness.
Where it is
House of Commons
First reading
Completed.
Second reading
Current stage. Now here
Committee
Not reached.
Report stage
Not reached.
Third reading
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Senate
First reading
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Second reading
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Committee
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Third reading
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Royal assent
Royal assent
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Introduced by an MP who is not a minister. These bills compete in a lottery for debate time, and most do not become law. How a bill becomes law
How the House voted
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What MPs said
Each party’s first speech on this bill in the House, from Hansard. Excerpts are the speaker’s opening sentences, unedited.
NDPGord Johns· October 10, 2024
“Moved for leave to introduce Bill C-414, An Act to amend the Canada Health Act (mental, addictions and substance use health services). It is an honour and privilege to rise today to table this landmark legislation, the mental health and substance use parity act, on World Mental Health Day.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.ca
Read the source
LEGISinfo status: Outside the Order of Precedence. Bill data from LEGISinfo, votes from openparliament.ca and the House of Commons. Last updated October 13, 2026.