Item - 2024.MM16.21

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on March 20, 2024 with amendments.

MM16.21 - Trans-Inclusive Benefits: Expanding Health Benefits for Toronto Employees to Include Gender-Affirming Care - by Councillor Chris Moise, seconded by Councillor Paul Ainslie

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

City Council Decision

City Council on March 20 and 21, 2024, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Pension, Payroll and Employee Benefits to review options for incorporating gender-affirming health care benefits not covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan into City employee benefits plans and provide an update to the General Government Committee and the Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Committee by the third quarter of 2025.

 

Background Information (City Council)

Communications (City Council)

(March 19, 2024) Letter from Lainey Little, President and Susy Glass, Recording Secretary, CUPE Local 2998 (MM.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/mm/comm/communicationfile-178159.pdf
(March 19, 2024) Letter from Paul Jonathan, Chair of the Board of Management and Saguil Maura Lawless, Executive Director, The 519 (MM.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/mm/comm/communicationfile-178160.pdf
(March 20, 2024) Letter from Nick Rossi and Barb Besharat, Co-chairs, 2024 Toronto Pride Network (MM.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/mm/comm/communicationfile-178148.pdf

Motions (City Council)

1 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Chris Moise (Carried)

That City Council delete the words "fourth quarter of 2024" and replace them with the words "third quarter of 2025" so that it now reads:

 

1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Pension, Payroll and Employee Benefits to review options for incorporating gender-affirming health care benefits not covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan into City employee benefits plans and provide an update to the General Government Committee and the Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Committee by the fourth quarter of 2024 third quarter of 2025.


Motion to Adopt Item as Amended (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council