Bill 78 — First Session, 16Th L€Gislature, 11 Omhza5E£111T the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 78 An Act To Amend the Alberta Hospitals Act (Legislature 16, Session 1)

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1968 Bill 78 First Session, 16th L€gislature, 11 omhza5e£111T THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 78

An Act to amend The Alberta Hospitals Act THE MINISTER OF HEALTH First Reading ............................................................. . Second Reading ........................................................ .. Third Reading ........................................................... . Printed by L. S. Wall, Queen's Printer, Edmonton

BILL 78 1968

An Act to amend The Alberta Hospitals Act (Assented to , 1968) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Alberta Hospitals Act is hereby amended.

Section 3 is amended by adding the following sub section:

(6) The Minister may require that a plebiscite be held in a hospital district or proposed hospital district by which the residents of the district, 19 years of age or over, may indicate their approval or disapproval to construct new facilities, disestablish existing facilities, amalgamate hos pital boards within the district or other matters pertaining to the provision of hospital facilities in the district.

Section 11 is amended (

a) as to subsection (1) by striking out the words "excess cost," and by substituting the words "un approved or excess costs or working capital re quirements," , (

b) as to subsection (3) by striking out the words "excess costs" and by substituting the words "un approved or excess costs or working capital re quirements" .

Section 30 is amended by adding the following sub section:

(3) The board of each approved hospital shall send a copy of its audited financial statement to the council of every municipality which has made a financial contribu tion to the board during the fiscal year covered by the statement.

Section 55 is struck out and the following

section is substituted: 55.

(1) After July 1st, 1961, an insurer shall not (

a) make a new contract of insurance, or

Explanatory Notes I. This Bill will amend

chapter 36 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1961. 2. Minister may require a plebiscite in a proposed hospital distric,t. 3.

Section 11 (1) and (3) presently read: 11.

(1) Where a hospital district is served by a non-district hospital, the owners of the hospital may enter into an agreement (

a) with the district board, or (

b) with anyone or all of the councils of the included municipalities, covering excess cost, which shall be limited in the case of each municipality to the basis provided under

section 14 for district hospitals, and.if such an agreement is entered into the owners of the non-district hospital shall establish a board of management for the hospital upon which there shall be representatives nominated by the district board or the municipalities that enter into the agreement, as the case may be, but the number of such representatives shall be less than one-half of the total membership of the board of management. (3) 'Vhere a municipality is served by a non-district hospital, the council, upon the favourab~e vote of a majority of the members thereof, may by resolution undertake to pay a share of any excess costs of the hospital, (

a) on the basis of the percentage in-patient use made of the hospital by residents of the municipality, and (

b) wahout any requirement of representation on a board of manag'ement for the hospital unless desired by the council. 4. Self-explanatory.

Section 55 presently reads: 55.

(1) Subject to subsection (3), an insurer shall not after the first day of July, 1961, make a new contract of insurance or add n"'w mem bers to a group contract under which a resident of the Province is to be provided with or is to be reimbursed or indemnified for the cost of any hospital service that is standard ward hospitalization or that is any other hospital SE'rvice provided as an insured service under this Part other than authorized charges.

(2) A contract entered into contrary to subsection (1) is void.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), an insurer may (

a) continue to renew all existing contracts, and (

b) make new contracts of insurance under which a resident or the Province is to be provided with or reimbursed or indemnified for (

i) the cost of any hospital service other than standard ward hospitalization or other service provided as an insured service under this Part, (ii) (iii) (iv) the cost of authorized charges as prescribed in the regul ations, the cost of charges for professional or other services whether or not the services are rendered in hospital, or loss of time because of disability, if the date of the com mencement of the benefit is not determined by reference to the date of admission to hospital and if the rate of payment is not increased by the hospitalization of the resident.

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b) add any new member to a group contract, under which a resident of Alberta is to be provided with or is to be reimbursed or indemnified for the cost of any hos pital service that is standard ward hospitalization or that is any other hospital service provided as an insured service under this Part other than authorized charges.

(2) After July 1st, 1968, an insurer shall not (

a) make a new contract of insurance, or (

b) add any new member to a group contract, under which a resident of Alberta is to be provided with or reimbursed or indemnified for loss of time because of disability, (

c) if the date of the commencement of the benefit is determined by reference to the date of admission to a hospital, or (

d) if the rate of payment is increased by the hospital ization of the resident.

(3) A contract entered into contrary to this

section is void. ( 4) N otwi ths tanding anything in this section, an insurer may continue to renew all existing contracts. 6. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2

2 Title: 1968 (16th, 1st) Bill 78,

An Act to amend The Alberta Hospitals Act

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