S-243National Framework for Women’s Health in Canada Act

What it does

• Requires the Minister of Health to develop a national framework on women’s health, after consulting other ministers, provincial and territorial health officials, Indigenous peoples, and other stakeholders.
• Says the framework must address health research, innovation, commercial use of research, private sector collaboration, training for health workers, primary care, prevention and better access to care.
• Requires the framework to include ways to improve access for women in rural and remote communities, equity-deserving groups, 2SLGBTQI+ and Indigenous women, visible minority women, and women without steady care.
• Requires the Minister to hold at least one conference to help develop the framework, then another conference at least every three years to get input on its progress and results.
• Requires the Minister to try to keep women’s health on the agenda at federal, provincial and territorial health ministers’ meetings.
• Requires a report on the framework’s priorities and plan within one year, and a follow-up report on its effectiveness within five years, with both reports tabled in Parliament and posted online.