Mental Health (Anti-Discrimination) Bill 2013

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The Mental Health (Anti-Discrimination) Bill 2013 would remove outdated references to mental illness from rules on Dáil membership, jury service, company directorships and lottery prizes. It would also make it a criminal offence for insurers or lenders to refuse services solely because someone has a current or past mental health condition, while protecting them from discrimination in legal proceedings.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to make provision, in the context of evident and persistent unfair discrimination against persons who have been diagnosed with a mental illness or who have in the past been diagnosed with a mental illness, for the protection of certain classes of persons having been diagnosed with a mental illness and to prohibit the discrimination against such persons and to provide for the grant of certain protections in matters of contract law

Last updated 26 July 2018