ENGLISH
• SUMMARY
SUMMARY
• Short Title
Short Title
• Interpretation
Interpretation
• National Framework on Heart Failure
National Framework on Heart Failure
• Report to Parliament
Report to Parliament

SUMMARY

Short Title

Short title

1 This Act may be cited as the National Framework on Heart Failure Act.

Interpretation

Definitions

2 The following definitions apply in this Act.

Indigenous governing body means a council, government or other entity authorized to act on behalf of an Indigenous group, community or people that holds rights recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.‍ (corps dirigeant autochtone)

Minister means the Minister of Health.‍ (ministre)

National Framework on Heart Failure

Development

3 (1) The Minister must develop a national framework to support improved access to heart failure prevention, diagnosis, management and evaluation, to ensure better health outcomes for people in Canada and to reduce the financial and operational burdens on the health system.

Content

(2) The framework must include measures to

• (a) promote early detection and accurate diagnosis of heart failure and ensure equitable access across all demographics and regions;

• (b) enhance patient and caregiver education and support — including mental health resources — throughout the heart failure care continuum;

• (c) encourage guideline-directed medical therapy and multidisciplinary care and the integration of technological solutions for remote monitoring and virtual health care visits;

• (d) address disparities in care, especially in rural, remote and underserved communities;

• (e) address the data gap with patient outcome–driven research, planning and performance reporting;

• (f) build a health data infrastructure — including a national heart failure registry and optimization of the Canadian Community Health Survey — to guide care delivery, monitor outcomes and ensure effective resource planning; and

• (g) define national health care system-level performance indicators, including system-level data and patient-reported outcome measures like quality of life and functional status.

Consultation

(3) For the purposes of developing the framework, the Minister must consult with representatives of provincial governments, Indigenous governing bodies, health care professionals, researchers, patients, patient caregivers, research and health care professional associations and other relevant stakeholders.

Conference

(4) No later than 12 months after the day on which this Act comes into force, the Minister must hold at least one conference with the persons referred to in subsection (3) for the purpose of developing the framework.

Report to Parliament

Tabling of framework

4 (1) Within 18 months after the day on which this Act comes into force, the Minister must prepare a report setting out the framework on heart failure and cause that report to be tabled before each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the report is completed.

Publication

(2) The Minister must publish the report on the Department of Health website within 10 days after the day on which it is tabled in Parliament.

Report

5 (1) Within five years after the day on which the report referred to in section 4 is tabled in Parliament, the Minister must prepare a report on the effectiveness of the framework on heart failure. The report must also address and include the current state of heart failure diagnosis and treatment, and it must provide conclusions and recommendations regarding the framework.

Tabling of report

(2) The Minister must cause the report prepared under subsection (1) to be tabled before each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the report is completed.