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LEGISinfoFirst Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,
70-71 Elizabeth II – 1 - 2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023-2024
STATUTES OF CANADA 2024 An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2 ASSENTED TO February 29, 2024This enactment amends An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) to provide that persons are not eligible, until March 17, 2027, to receive medical assistance in dying if their sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness.
Available on the House of Commons website at the following address: www.ourcommons.ca70 - 71 Elizabeth II – 1 - 2 Charles III
An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2
[ Assented to 29th February, 2024 ]His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
6 Subsection 1 ( 2.1 ) comes into force on March 17, 2027.
2 ( 1 ) A comprehensive review relating to the eligibility of persons whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness to receive medical assistance in dying must be undertaken by a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament designated for that purpose.
( 2 ) The Committee must commence its review within two years after the day on which this Act receives royal assent.
( 3 ) If following its review the Committee prepares a report — which may include a statement of any recommended changes to the provisions of the Criminal Code relating to medical assistance in dying — it must table the report before each House of Parliament.
( 4 ) The Committee expires on the earlier of the day on which it tables its report before both Houses of Parliament and March 17, 2027.
( 2.1 ) For the purposes of paragraph ( 2 )(a), a mental illness is not considered to be an illness, disease or disability.