Bill 31, An Act to amend mainly the Pharmacy Act to facilitate access to certain services (title modified a second time)

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Information

Sponsor

McCann, Danielle,	Minister of Health and Social Services

Type

Government bills

This bill

was introduced during the 42^nd Legislature, 1^st Session

The title of this bill was changed during the committee stage

Previous title

An Act to amend mainly the Pharmacy Act to facilitate access to certain services (original title) – An Act to amend mainly the Pharmacy Act for the purpose of facilitating access to certain services and to authorize the communication of personal information concerning certain missing or deceased Aboriginal children to their families (modified title)

Stages in the consideration of the Bill

Definition of the terms used:

• Amendment (one or more changes were made to the bill at this stage)
• Majority vote (the bill went through this stage with majority support in the Assemblée)
• Vote : Yeas, Nays, Abstentions; (the bill went through this stage following a vote, the results of which were recorded)
• The date of assent is followed by the year and chapter number of the Act assented to as they will appear in the Statutes of Québec. For instance, “2007, c. 7” following a date of assent means “Statutes of Québec 2007, chapter 7”.

Introduction

• An Act to amend mainly the Pharmacy Act to facilitate access to certain services (PDF,  111 KB) 
• Sitting held on June 13, 2019

Special consultations

• Committee on Health and Social Services
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 31, An Act to amend mainly the Pharmacy Act to facilitate access to certain services
• Sitting held on October 2, 2019
• Sitting held on October 3, 2019
• Sitting held on October 8, 2019

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• Report from the Committee on Health and Social Services - Special consultations on Bill 31, An Act to amend mainly the Pharmacy Act to facilitate access to certain services (PDF,  869 KB) 
• Sitting held on October 9, 2019

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on October 31, 2019

Committee stage

• Committee on Health and Social Services
• Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 31, An Act to amend mainly the Pharmacy Act to facilitate access to certain services
• Amendements rejetés, retirés ou irrecevables - PL 31 (PDF,  132 KB) 
• Amendments adopted - PL 31 (PDF,  786 KB) 
• Sitting held on November 21, 2019
• Sitting held on November 26, 2019
• Sitting held on November 27, 2019

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• Report from the Committee on Health and Social Services - Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 31, An Act to amend mainly the Pharmacy Act to facilitate access to certain services (PDF,  2 MB) 
• Sitting held on November 28, 2019 (amendements, dont un au titre)

Report stage

• Sitting held on November 29, 2019 (le débat étant terminé, les votes sur l’amendement et sur le rapport de la commission sont reportés à la période des affaires courantes de la prochaine séance)
• Sitting held on December 3, 2019 (Vote : Pour 112, Contre 0, Abstention 0)

Passage

• Sitting held on March 17, 2020 (commission plénière - amendements, dont un au titre)

Assent

• An Act to amend mainly the Pharmacy Act to facilitate access to certain services (title modified a second time)

Date of assent: March 17, 2020

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2020, chapitre 4

Coming into force

le 17 mars 2020, sauf exceptions