1980 BILL 222 Second Session, 19th Legislature, 29 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 222

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ALBERTA HEALTH CARE INSURANCE ACT MR. NOTLEY First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Printed by the Queen’s Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON Title: 1980 (19th, 2nd) Bill 222, The Act to Amend the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act

Bill 222 Mr. Notley BILL 222 1980

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ALBERTA HEALTH CARE INSURANCE ACT (Assented to , 1980) H ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Alberta Health Care Insurance Act is amended by this Act.

Section 22 is repealed and the following is substituted: 22.

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regu­ lations prescribing the rates of benefits payable in respect of basic health services.

(2) The Minister may enter into an agreement with the College providing for an annual indexing of the rates of benefits payable, establishing the factors upon which the indexing shall be based and a formula for the calculation of the indexing.

(3) Upon the request of the Minister or the College, and in any event once a year, the Minister shall (

a) meet and review with the College any agreement in force pursuant to subsection (2), (

b) consider any representation made to him by the College relating to the agreement, the rate of benefits or the indexing, (

c) make any amendment to the agreement that appears to him to be justified and is accepted by the College, and (

d) recommend any amendment to the regulations, made pur­ suant to subsection (1), that are necessary as a result of the agreement or the indexing.

Explanatory Notes 1. This Bill will amend

chapter 166 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1970. 2. Agreement between Lieutenant Governor in Council and the College respecting rates of benefits and indexing.

Section 32(1)(

c) is repealed. 4. The following is added after

section 32: 32.1

(1) Payment made by the Minister to any person in respect of basic health services provided, in accordance with the rates established under

section 22, shall constitute payment in full for such services.

(2) Any agreement for remuneration in addition to that pro­ vided for in subsection (1) is void.

(3) Any person who demands or accepts any remuneration for providing basic health services in addition to that provided for in subsection (1) is guilty of an offence punishable on

summary con­ viction. 5. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assen­ ted to. 2

Section 32(1) presently reads: 32.

(1) Where a practitioner (

a) provides a basic health service, (

b) submits or intends to submit to the Minister on behalf of a resident a claim for the benefits payable for that service, and (

c) makes a charge for that service in excess of the amount of the benefits payable by the Minister therefor, the practitioner, or any employee issuing a bill or account or claim or receipt on his behalf, shall clearly show on each bill or account or claim rendered in respect of the charge, and on a receipt given for payment of all or part of that charge, the amount of the benefits payable by the Minister for that service according to the regulations, as the case may be. 4. New

section forbids extra billing. 2 Title: 1980 (19th, 2nd) Bill 222, The Act to Amend the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act