Should Alberta Regulate Addiction and Mental Health Treatment Facilities?
Official title: Addiction and mental health services engagement
Why This Matters
About 1 in 5 Albertans will face addiction or mental health challenges. If you or a loved one ever needs treatment, you'd want to know the facility is safe and the staff are qualified. This consultation shaped rules to prevent vulnerable people from being exploited or harmed.
What Could Change
A new professional regulatory college was proposed to license mental health workers. Residential addiction treatment facilities would need licenses to operate. Facilities would have to disclose fees and services upfront, and treatments would need to be evidence-based.
Key Issues
- What minimum standards should addiction and mental health facilities meet?
- Should facilities be required to disclose fees and services before patients sign anything?
- What qualifications should professionals in this field be required to have?
How to Participate
- This consultation is now closed. Review the Report Back: Addiction and Mental Health Stakeholder Meetings to see what was heard.
What Happened
Input from Albertans helped inform proposed legislation to establish a new professional regulatory college and licensing requirements for mental health services and residential addiction treatment facilities.