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Mental Health Recruitment Accountability Act

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Legislative timeline

  1. 1st
  2. 2nd
  3. Comm.
  4. 3rd
  5. Senate
  6. Assent

Bill overview

Bill NS66, “Mental Health Recruitment Accountability Act”, is a Nova Scotia bill from session assembly-64-session-1.

Its latest recorded status is “Introduced”.

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What you need to know

This bill, the Mental Health Recruitment Accountability Act, is currently at First Reading in the Nova Scotia assembly. It has been introduced to the system as of October 28, 2021. The details of the bill are not yet available, but it is likely intended to address mental health recruitment accountability in some way.

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Key provisions

  1. 01This Act may be cited as the Mental Health Recruitment Accountability Act.
  2. 02The Minister of Health and Wellness shall establish a mental health workforce recruitment and retention strategy.
  3. 03The strategy must include measures to address mental health workforce shortages in the province.
  4. 04The Minister shall report annually to the Assembly on the implementation and effectiveness of the strategy.
  5. 05The Minister may establish a mental health workforce recruitment and retention advisory committee to provide advice on the strategy.

Vote roll

No division has been recorded for this bill yet.