OntarioBill 84Committee

Bill 84: Mandatory Blood Testing Amendment Act, 2025

Sponsor: Smith, LauraIntroduced December 1, 2025Last checked August 30, 2026

Read the official text on ola.orgOfficial version — Legislative Assembly of Ontario

What this bill does

This Ontario bill amends the Mandatory Blood Testing Act, 2006 to allow applications for blood testing analysis to continue or be initiated even when the person whose blood is being sought (the respondent) has died, either during the application process or before the application is made.

Plain-language summary by Legisail.

Business impact

Compliance

This bill primarily affects healthcare institutions, hospitals, morgues, and coroner's offices in Ontario that may be required to collect, store, or provide blood samples from deceased individuals in response to mandatory blood testing orders. Medical officers of health and their staff will have new procedural obligations when handling these applications. The bill also touches first responders, paramedics, and healthcare workers (such as nurses and lab technicians) who may have been exposed to infectious diseases through contact with a person who subsequently died — they are the typical applicants who need blood test results to determine their own medical treatment. Business size is less relevant here as the impact falls mainly on public health units and healthcare facilities of all sizes across Ontario.

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Where this bill is

First ReadingDecember 1, 2025