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Health Services Commissioning (Equality and Accountability) Bill

A Bill to make provision to reduce inequalities in the commissioning of health services for people with mental illness and learning disabilities; to require commissioners of health services for people with mental illness and learning disabilities to make an annual report to the Secretary of State on the equality of service provision to, and the health outcomes for, such people and of their qualitative experience of health care services; and for connected purposes.

The story so farThe Health Services Commissioning (Equality and Accountability) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 7 July 2015 by Rehman Chishti (Conservative). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 10 Jul 2015.