Bill 7 — Third Session, 24Th Legislature, 48 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 7 Alberta Health Care Insurance Amendment Act, 1999 Minister of Health (Legislature 24, Session 3)

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1999 BILL 7 Third Session, 24th Legislature, 48 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 7 ALBERTA HEALTH CARE INSURANCE AMENDMENT ACT, 1999 MINISTER OF HEALTH First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Title: 1999 (24th, 3rd) Bill 7, Alberta Health Care Insurance Amendment Act, 1999

Bill 7 BILL 7 1999 ALBERTA HEALTH CARE INSURANCE AMENDMENT ACT, 1999 (Assented to , 1999) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: A m ends R S A 1980 cA -24 1 The A lberta H ealth C are Insurance A ct is amended by this Act. 2

Section 5.41 is amended by adding “or a regulation under

section 7(b.2)” after “5.32”. 3

Section 7 is amended (

a) by repealing clause (

b) and substituting the following: (

b) respecting the submission of claims for benefits and the payment of claims for benefits, including regulations respecting (

i) the persons who may submit a claim for benefits, (ii) the form and manner in which a claim for benefits must be submitted, (iii) the information that must be submitted in connection with a claim for benefits, and 1

Explanatory Notes 1 Amends

chapter A-24 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2

Section 5.41 presently reads: 5.41 A person who contravenes

section 5.2, 5.3, 5.31 or 5.32 is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not more than (a) $1000 for the first offence, and (b) $2000 for the 2nd and each subsequent offence. 3

Section 7 presently reads: 7 The Minister may make regulations (

a) respecting the rates of benefits in respect of basic health services or extended health services; (

b) respecting the manner in which benefits are to be paid and the persons to whom benefits are to be paid, the conditions of payment and the information required to be submitted in connection with claims for benefits; (

c) specifying, within the classes prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the goods and services that are basic health services or extended health services for the purpose of the Plan. 1 E xplanatory N otes

(iv) the persons to whom benefits are to be paid and the conditions of payment; (b.1) authorizing the Minister to refuse to pay benefits where a claim for benefits is not submitted as required by the regulations; (b.2) prohibiting a physician or dental surgeon who provides insured services from charging or collecting from any person any amount that could be recovered through a claim for benefits submitted by the physician or dental surgeon, and respecting the circumstances under which such action is prohibited; (b.3) providing that sections 5.2 and 5.4 of this Act apply, with any necessary modifications, in respect of amounts charged or collected in contravention of regulations under clause (b.2); (

b) by adding the following after clause (c): (

d) providing for any other matters the Minister considers necessary for the proper administration of the Plan. 2

2 Explanatory Notes Title: 1999 (24th, 3rd) Bill 7, Alberta Health Care Insurance Amendment Act, 1999

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