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First Session, Forty-second Parliament,

64-65-66-67 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-398
An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (medical inadmissibility — excessive demand)

FIRST READING, February 15, 2018

Ms. Kwan

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in order to remove the health ground on which a foreign national is inadmissible if their health condition might reasonably be expected to cause excessive demand on health or social serv­ices.

Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca


1st Session, 42nd Parliament,

64-65-66-67 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-398

An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (medical inadmissibility — excessive demand)

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

2001, c. 27

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

1Section 38 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is replaced by the following:

Health grounds

38A foreign national is inadmissible on health grounds if their health condition is likely to be a danger to public health or public safety.

Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons

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