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Volume 55, No. 21

304/2012

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

October 23, 2012

B.C. Reg. 304/2012 , deposited October 12, 2012, pursuant to the MEDICARE PROTECTION ACT [sections 8 and 51 (2) (c.2)]. Order in Council 687/2012, approved and ordered October 11, 2012.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective January 1, 2013, the Medical and Health Care Services Regulation, B.C. Reg. 426/97, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— M. MACDIARMID, Minister of Health ; R. COLEMAN, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

Section 8 of the Medical and Health Care Services Regulation, B.C. Reg. 426/97, is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:

(1) For the purposes of

section 8 of the Act, the monthly premium rates for beneficiaries are as follows:

(a) $66.50 a month for a single beneficiary;

(b) $120.50 a month for

(i) 2 beneficiaries who are spouses, or

(ii) a beneficiary and one child;

(c) $133 a month for

(i) 2 beneficiaries who are spouses and one or more children, or

(ii) a beneficiary and 2 or more children. , and

(

b) by adding the following subsection:

(3) If a beneficiary is a minor, a reference to a child in subsection (1) includes a minor sibling of the beneficiary.

Section 11 (5) is repealed and the following substituted:

(5) Subject to

section 9, the monthly premium rates for an eligible person are as follows:

(

a) if the adjusted net income does not exceed $22 000, nil;

(

b) if the adjusted net income exceeds $22 000 but does not exceed $24 000,

(i) $12.80 a month for a single eligible person,

(ii) $23.20 a month for an eligible person and his or her spouse, or an eligible person and one child, and

(iii) $25.60 a month for an eligible person, his or her spouse and one or more children, or an eligible person and 2 or more children;

(

c) if the adjusted net income exceeds $24 000 but does not exceed $26 000,

(i) $25.60 a month for a single eligible person,

(ii) $46.40 a month for an eligible person and his or her spouse, or an eligible person and one child, and

(iii) $51.20 a month for an eligible person, his or her spouse and one or more children, or an eligible person and 2 or more children;

(

d) if the adjusted net income exceeds $26 000 but does not exceed $28 000,

(i) $38.40 a month for a single eligible person,

(ii) $69.60 a month for an eligible person and his or her spouse, or an eligible person and one child, and

(iii) $76.80 a month for an eligible person, his or her spouse and one or more children, or an eligible person and 2 or more children;

(

e) if the adjusted net income exceeds $28 000 but does not exceed $30 000,

(i) $51.20 a month for a single eligible person,

(ii) $92.80 a month for an eligible person and his or her spouse, or an eligible person and one child, and

(iii) $102.40 a month for an eligible person, his or her spouse and one or more children, or an eligible person and 2 or more children;

(

f) if the adjusted net income exceeds $30 000, the rates applicable to beneficiaries under

section 8 (1), as if the eligible person is a beneficiary.

(6) If an eligible person is a minor, a reference to a child in subsection (5) includes a minor sibling of the eligible person.

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