Bill 46 (Legislature 14, Session 5)

L14 S5 1783

Alberta — Bills

No. 46 5th Session, 14th Legislature, Alberta 11 EHzabeth II BILL 46 A Bill to amend

An Act to Incorporate the Associated Hospitals of Alberta HON. DR. Ross Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most ExceHent Majesty, Edm..>nton, Alberta, 1963

Explanatory Note

Section 3, clauses (·

b) and (

c) presently read: "3. The Corporation shall be and is hereby authorized to arrange and operate a voluntary Plan (hereinafter referred to as "The Blue Cross Pl'an") for the provi,sion of hospUalization, on a prepayment basis, for subscribers thereto and without limiting the generality of the fore going,- (

b) to select annually a committee of control o'r board of administra tion to administer under the Corporation The Blue Ci'OSS Plan which shaLl be composed of nine persons, namely: ex-oUido the President of the Corp,oration; a representative of the subscribers of The Blue Cross :Alan; three representatives elected by the Oorporation. one of whom shaH be a member of the Corporation from the Municipal Hospi,tals of Al:berta, one a member from the OathoUc hospItals of A}!berta and one from aliI other hospitals of Alberta; one member nominated by each of the following, namely: the A,lberta ASS'OCiation of Municip.a,l DLstricts, the Union of Alberta Municipalities and the College of Physicians amd Surgeons of the Prov.ince of Alberta; (

c) to enter into contracts with approved hospitals for furnishing hospitalization to subscribers;". The amendment is intended to clarify the powers of The Associated Hospitals of Allberta to provide other than health services under its Blue Cross Plan, such as ambulance services, artificial limbs, and the like, but ·not ineluding the professional services of physicians. The amendment to clause (

b) is intended to make the wording in the clause correspond with the present practice and with the terminolgy used in other legislation as follows: (

a) The Board which has been selected annually by the Cor poration to administer The Blue Cross Plan has been known as the "Board of Trustees" since the inception of the Plan; (

b) The Associated Hospitals of AI,berta now has more than one Vice-president and the change is to confirm that the First Vice-president is ex officio a member of the Board of Trustees of The Aliberta Blue Cross Plan. (

c) The Alberta Hospitals Act now defines hospitals owned and operated by hospital districts as "District" hospitals rather than "Municipal" hospitals as was the case in the Legislation which was superseded by The Alberta Hospitals Act. The amendment to clause (

f) SUbstitutes terminology consistent with the main paragraph of

section 3, as amended by clause 2.

BILL No. 46 of 1963

An Act to amend

An Act to Inco.rpo.rate The Asso.ciated Ho.s'pitals o.f Alberta (Assented to , 1963) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent o.f the Legislative Assembly of the Pro.vince o.f Alberta, enacts as fo.llo.ws: 1.

An Act to Incorporate The Associated Hospitals of Alberta, !being

chapter 22 o.f the Statutes o.f Alberta, 1948, is hereby amended. 2. Sectio.n 3 is amended (

a) by striking o.ut all the wo.rds preceding clause (

a) and by substituting the fo.llo.wing: (b) (c) (d) 3.

The Co.rporatio.n is hereby autho.rized to. arrange and operate a vo.luntary plan (hereinafter referred to. as "The Blue Cro.ss Plan") for the pre payment by subscribers thereto. o.f the cost of hospital services and o.ther health serv-ices (here inafter referred to. as "services"), exclusive o.f pro.fessio.nal fees charged by physicians attending the recipients o.f such services and, witho.ut re- stricting the generality o.f the fo.rego.ing, as to. cloose ( b ) (i) !by striking out the words "committee of con tro.I or board of administratio.n" and by sub stituting the wo.rds "!board of trustees", (ii) !by adding the wo.rd "First" immediately pre ceding the word "Vice-President", (iii) iby striking o.ut the words "Municipal Hospitals of Alberta" and by substituting the words "District Hospitals of Alberta", by striking out clause (

c) and by substituting the fo.llowing: (0) to enter into. co.ntracts with ho.spitals o.r other corporatio.ns o.r persons which may ~urnish services to subscribers; as to. clause (

f) by striking o.ut the wo.rds "hospital care o.r treatment" and by substituting the word "services" .

Section 6 presently reads: "6. Notwithstanding anything contained in The Mberta. Insurance Aot, being

chapter 201 of the Revised Statutes of Alherta, 1942, as amended, the CorporaUon shall not be de,emed to be carrying on the business of insurance or to be undertaking insurance in furnishing prepaid hospHal care to, subsc~ibers of The Blue Cro·8s PIan.". The amendments are intended (

a) to bring the reference to The Alberta Insurance Act up-to date by referring to the Revised Statutes 'of 1955 rather than those of 1942, and (

b) to use terminology consistent with

section 3, as amended by clause 2, in describing the hospital and other heaLth services the cost of which may be cove'red under the Blue Cross Plan. 4. S'ection 17 presently reads: "17. The provisdons of 'sectiDns 105, 106, 107, 117 amd 225 of The Comp'ani~ls 1'ct of the PrDvince Df AJlbeI1ta shall not apply to the CorporailOn. . The 'amendment 'brings this

section up-to-date ,by making reference to secti'On numbers in the Revised Statutes of 1955, rather than those of 1942. 5. A

short title is added to the Act for convenience. 6. Commencement of Act.

Section 6 is· amended (

a) iby striking out the words "being

chapter 20.1 of the Revised Statutes of ALberta, 1942, as amended", (

b) by striking out the words . "hospital ·care" and by substituting the word "services".

Section 17 is struck out and the follo.wing is sub stituted: 17. Sectio.ns 118, 119, 120., 130. and 237 of The Companies Act do. not apply to the Corpo.ratio.n. 5. The fo.llowing sectio.n is added after sectio.n 18: 19. This Act may be cited as tiThe Associated Hospitals of Alberta Act". 6. This Act comes into. fo.rce o.n the day UPo.n which it is assented to.

No. 46 FIFTH SESSION FOURTEEN'TH LEGISLATURE 11 ELIZABETH II 1963 BILL

An Act to amend

An Act to Incorporate the Associated Hospitals of Alberta Received and read the First time ................ . Second time Third Time HON. DR. Ross Title: 1963 (14th, 5th) Bill 46,

An Act to amend

An Act to Incorporate the Associated Hospitals of Alberta

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