OIC Number: 2020 - 127

Date of Order: Apr 21, 2020

Statute: Health Services and Insurance Act Finance Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal and the Minister of Health and Wellness, dated April 14, 2020, and (

a) pursuant to

Section 16 of

Chapter 197 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989 the Health Services and Insurance Act , and

Section 77 of

Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2010, the Finance Act , and in accordance with the Department of Health and Wellness Capital Grants Program, approve the making of a grant by the Minister of Health and Wellness on behalf of the Province in the total amount not to exceed one hundred and twelve million seven hundred thousand dollars ($112,700,000) to the Nova Scotia Health Authority to contribute to the funding of the redevelopment of the South Shore Regional Hospital, the cost of which grant is to be paid on the basis of invoiced costs submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness and charged to Capital Grants; and (

b) pursuant to

Section 77 of

Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2010, the Finance Act , authorize the Minister of Health and Wellness entering into the net debt obligation of seventy-eight million nine hundred and sixty-seven thousand dollars ($78,967,000) resulting from increasing the planned contribution for the South Shore Regional Hospital redevelopment.

Department(s): Health and Wellness Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal