Bill 201 (Legislature 27, Session 4)

L27 S4 9277

Alberta — Bills

2011 Bill 201 Fourth Session, 27th Legislature, 60 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 201 HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS (HEALTH CARD DONOR DECLARATION) AMENDMENT ACT, 2011 MR. SANDHU First Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Committee of the Whole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

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1 Bill 201 Mr. Sandhu BILL 201 2011 HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS (HEALTH CARD DONOR DECLARATION) AMENDMENT ACT, 2011 (Assented to , 2011) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Amends RSA 2000 cH-6 1 The Health Insurance Premiums Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 1 is amended by adding the following after clause (c): (c.1) “certificate of registration” means (

a) a certificate of registration issued under this Act, or (

b) any other document prescribed by the regulations as being a certificate of registration for the purposes of this Act or the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act. 3

Section 21 is amended by adding the following after clause (g): (

h) providing for any matter relating to the completion of declaration forms under

section 22.1 and the requirements for issuing certificates of registration.

Explanatory Notes 1 Explanatory Notes 1 Amends

chapter H-6 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000. 2 Definition of certificate of registration added. 3

Section 21 presently reads: 21 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations (

a) governing the registration of residents with the Minister generally; (

b) prescribing the classes of dependants that a resident is required to register; (

c) prescribing the classes of persons exempted from registration;

2 4 The following is added after

section 22: Declaration re organ and tissue donation 22.1 (

a) yes;

(1) A certificate of registration shall include a declaration form concerning organ and tissue donation that specifies the following 3 options: (

b) no; (

c) undecided.

(2) A certificate of registration shall not be issued to a person 18 years or older unless that person completes the declaration form referred to in subsection (1). 5

Section 24 is amended by striking out subsection (2).

Explanatory Notes 2 (

d) providing for any matter pertaining to declarations under

section 25 not otherwise provided for in that section; (

e) providing for any matter relating to registration of residents under

section 23, including the duties of hospital boards in connection with the registration of unregistered residents receiving hospital services; (

f) imposing on any person the duty of registering a resident or residents; (

g) respecting the imposition of penalties on persons who have not registered within the times prescribed under the regulations. 4 Declaration re organ and tissue donation. 5

Section 24 presently reads: 24(1) Every person who produces to a practitioner or a member of the practitioner’s staff a certificate of registration issued under this Act (

a) knowing that the person named in it is not, at the time of its production, a resident of Alberta, or (

b) knowing that the person on behalf of whom, and to facilitate whose treatment, it is produced is not the person named in it or a dependant of that person, is guilty of an offence.

(2) In this section, “certificate of registration” means (

a) a certificate of registration issued under this Act, or

3 6 This Act comes into force on Proclamation.

Explanatory Notes 3 (

b) any other document prescribed by the regulations as being a certificate of registration for the purposes of this Act or the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act. 6 Coming into force.

Record of Debate STAGE DATE MEMBER FROM TO TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL Title: 2011 (27th, 4th) Bill 201, Health Insurance Premiums (Health Card Donor Declaration) Amendment Act, 2011

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L27 S4 9277
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L27 S4 9277
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	37c7933da826ac420bd5f63dadebb62a3eb3a124

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