2nd Session, 43rd Legislature

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Bill 41

THE REPORTING OF SUPPORTS FOR CHILD SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT (TRAINED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND EVIDENCE COLLECTION KITS) AMENDMENT ACT

(Assented to                                         )

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

S.M. 2021, c. 56 amended

1   The Reporting of Supports for Child Survivors of Sexual Assault Act (Trained Health Professionals and Evidence Collection Kits), as enacted by S.M. 2021, c. 56, is amended by this Act.

2   The title is replaced with "THE REPORTING OF SUPPORTS FOR CHILD SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ACT (TRAINED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND PATIENT ASSESSMENTS)".

3   The third paragraph of the preamble is amended by striking out "and sexual assault evidence kits".

4   Section 1 is amended by repealing the definition "sexual assault evidence kit".

5   Subsection 2(1) is amended

(a) in clause (a), by adding "and" at the end;

(b) in clause (b),

(i) by striking out "children" and substituting "children under 15 years of age", and

(ii) by striking out "and" at the end; and

(c) by repealing clause (c).

6   Section 3 is replaced with the following:

Annual report on patient assessments

3   Within four months after the end of each fiscal year of the government, the minister must prepare a report that sets out, for each regional health authority and the provincial health authority, the number of patients assessed by the health professionals referred to in subsection 2(1).

7   The following is added after section 6:

Transitional

6.1   Despite subsection 2(1) and section 3, the minister is not required to prepare reports for the fiscal year of the government in which this Act comes into force.

Coming into force

8   This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.