Bill 119 — Third Session, 16Th Legislature, 19 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 119 An Act To Amend the Department of Health Act (Legislature 16, Session 3)

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1970 Bill 119 Third Session, 16th Legislature, 19 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 119

An Act to amend The Department of Health Act THE MINISTER OF HEALTH First Reading ............................. . Second Reading ............................ . Third Reading ............................. . Printed by L. S. Wall, Que-en's Printer, Edmonton

BILL 119 1970

An Act to amend The Department of Health Act (Assented to , 1970) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly .of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Department of Health Act is hereby amended. 2. The following

section is added after

section 10: lOa.

(1) In this

section (a) "Government hospital facility" means any land owned by the Crown in right of Alberta and under the administration of the Minister, including buildings and improvements thereon, that is used or is suitable for use in providing diagnostic ser vices, treatment or care for ill or injured persons; (b) "hospital board" means (

i) the board of a general hospital district or auxiliary hospital district incorporated under The Alberta Hospitals Act; (ii) the owner of a non-district hospital within the meaning of The Alberta Hospitals Act; (iii) the owner of a contract nursing home within the meaning of The Nursing Homes Act; (iv) the board of directors of a Provincial Gen eral Hospital under The Provincial General Hospitals Act; (

v) the Provincial Cancer Hospitals Board; (vi) the University Hospital Board under The Uni versity of Alberta Hospital Act; (vii) the Alberta Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Com mission.

(2) Subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the Minister may enter into an agreement with a hospital board providing for any or all of the following:

Explanatory Notes I. This Bill amends

chapter 27 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1967. 2. The new

section lOa provides for an agreement between the Minister of Health and the owner of a hospital or nursing home for the transfer, sale or lease of a Government-owned hospital to that owner, as well as the transfer of patients and employees.

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a) the transfer, sale or lease of any Government hospital facility to a hospital board; (

b) the transfer, sale or lease to a hospital board of all or any specified supplies, equipment or other per sonal property located in or used in connection with a Government hospital facility; (

c) the transfer of patients in a Government hospital facility to the care of a hospital board and the responsibilities of the hospital board assuming the the care of those patients; (

d) the transfer of employees of the Department to the employment of a hospital board and any matters related to the salary rates, conditions of employment and pension plans or arrangements applicable to those employees upon their transfer.

(3) An agreement under this

section may provide any terms or conditions with respect to the matters enumerated in subsection (2).

(4) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make any order he considers necessary for the purpose of implement ing or facilitating any of the matters provided for in the agreement or to alleviate any difficulty arising in the course of implementing the agreement.

(5) A transfer, sale or lease of a Government hospital facility or personal property pursuant to an agreement under this

section may be made for a nominal consideration or for a price less than its market value. 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2

2 Title: 1970 (16th, 3rd) Bill 119,

An Act to amend The Department of Health Act

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