Bill 60 — A Bill To Amend the Liealth Unit Act (Legislature 14, Session 5)

L14 S5 1799

Alberta — Bills

No. 60 5th Session, 14th Legislature, Alberta 11 Elizabeth II BILL 60 A Bill to amend The liealth Unit Act HON. DR. Ross Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1963

Explanatory Note

Section 7 presently reads: "7. The board may pass a resolution authorizing the payment to members thereof of allowances not exceeding the amounts that would be paid by their respective councils to members of the cO'Uncil for similar services.". The new wording will eliminate differences that presently exist in the remuneration of members of a board when some are municipal district or county councillors and others are town or village councillors.

Section 13 presently reads: "13.

(1) Each member of toe staff sha;ll be paid a salary in accoI'dance with the

schedule recommended from time to time by the salary survey committee of the Provincial Gove~nment and approved by the Lieutenant Governor In Councill.

(2) The board may pay salaries in excess of those ap.proved under subsooUon (1), but the excess salaries shaH not be considered in calcu lating the statutory deduotions to he made under The Publdc Service Pension Act, or The Temporary Provincial Employees Retirement Act. ". 4. (

a) Section 16, subsection (1), clause (

b) presently reads: "16.

(1) In every year, out of the moneys appropriated by the Legis lature for tl}e purpose, the Department shall pay to each eligible health unit grants to be calculated as follows, (

b) for dental serv:ices where such services are provided in accord ance with the regulations a grant equal tlO twenty per cent of the grant under clause (a) ....

BILL No. 60 of 1963

An Act to amend The Health Unit Act (Assented to , 1963) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Health Unit Act, being

chapter 139 of the Re vised Statutes, is hereby amended.

Section 7 is struck out and the following

section is substituted: 7. A board may, by resolution, authorize the payment to the members thereof of allowances not exceeding the amounts that may be paid under The Municipal District Act to members of a council.

Section 13 is amended (

a) as to subsection (1) by striking out the word "shall" and by substituting the word "may", (

b) as to subsection (2) by striking out the words "The board may pay salaries in excess of those approve(! under subsection (1), but" and by substituting the words "Where a board pays salaries in excess of those approved under subsection (1) ,".

Section 16 is amended (

a) as to subsection (1) by striking out clause (

b) and by substituting the following: (

b) for dental services (

i) where such services are provided in ac cordance with the regulations, a grant equal to twenty per cent of the grant under clause (a), and (ii) where the employment of one or more registered dental auxiliaries is authorized by the Minister, a further grant up to ten per cent of the grant under clause (a), provided that the total grant under this clause shall not exceed sixty per cent of the total ex penditures for dental services.

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b) Subsection ( 4) presently reads: "

(4) The funds provided by the De,partment and the coniri,buting councills, pursuant to this section, shaLl constitute the bas.~c budget of the health unit.". The subsection is revised to ensure that dental grants are used exclusively for dental purposes.

Section 17, subsection (2) reads: "

(2) Each contributing coundl shall pay tIle proportion of the e~pense,s that its population served by the hea;ltJh unit bea.rs to the total population served by the he'alth unit.".

Section 18, subsection (3) presently reads: "

(3) The board shaN refund to the Department and to the contdbuting councils, in pr~:ortion tlo the cont'ltbution mad·Q by ~ach, thiaot portion of the unexpended baiance, as shown by the audit'or',s financial statement, ,that exceeds ten per cent of the basic budget of the health unit for the fdscal year.". The purpose of the amendment is similar to that of the amend ment to se'ction l!6, subsec'tion (4). See clause 4 of thlis Bill. 7. A new

section 18c provides for the extension of health unit services to Indian reservations by agreement and with a sharing of costs. A new

section 18d authorizes the payment of grants to ensure medical services in northerly parts of the Province.

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h) by striking out subsection (4) and by substituting the following:

(4) The funds provided by the Department under clause (

a) of subsection (1) and by the contributing councils under subs\ection (2) for general health unit services shall cons,titute the basic budget of the health unit for general health unit services. ( 4a) The funds provided by the Department under clause (

b) of subsection (1) and by the con tributing councils under subsection (2) for dental services shall constitute the basic budget of the health unit for dental services.

Section 17 is amended by adding the following after subsection (2): (2a) Where the funds available to an improvement dis trict or special area are insufficient to meet the share of any payment required to be made under subsection (2), the Minister of Municipal Affairs may pay the sums from moneys appropriated for that purpose by the Legislative As:sembly or in the absence of an appropriation therefor from the General Revenue Fund.

Section 18 is amended by striking out subsection (3) and by substituting the following: (3 ) The board shaH refund to the Department and to the contributing councils in proportion to the contribution made by each, (

a) that portion .of the uneXI>ended balance of the con tributlioflls for general health unit services that exceeds ten per cent of the basic budget for the year for that service, and (

b) that portion of the unexpended balance of the con tributions for dental services that exceeds ten per cent of the basic budget for the year for that service, as shown by the auditor's financial statement. 7. The following new sections are added immediately after

section 18b: 18c.

(1) Where an Indian reservation is surrounded by or adjacent to a health unit, the board of the health unit may request the Minister for permission to enter i?to an agreem'ent with Indian and Northern Health SerVIces of the Government of Canada for the purpose of extending the services of the health unit to persons residing within the boundaries of the Indian reservation.

(2) Where an agreement is entered into in accordance with subsection (1) the population of the Indian reservation shall be added to that of th~ remainder of t,he health unit for the purpose of determinIng the per capzta rate of the

3 8. Commencement of Act.

3 grants provided under subsections (1) and (1a) of

section 16, but no grant shall be paid by the Department in respect of the added population.

(3) It shall be a term of every agreement undel' sub section (1) that where services are provided to an Indian res'ervation, Indian and Northern Health Services shall contribute to the operating expenses of the health unit in respect of the population of the Indian reservation at a per capita rate equal to the combined per capita rates of the total grant paid by the Department and of the requisition paid by each contributing council. 18d.

The Minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, may make provision for emergency treatment services and preventive health services for indi viduals in isolated areas of the Province. 8. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 60 FIFTH SESSION FOURTEENTH LEGISLATURE 11 ELIZABETH II 1963 BILL

An Act to amend The Health Unit Act Received and read the First time ......................................... . Second time ............... . Third Time ....................................... . HON. DR. Ross Title: 1963 (14th, 5th) Bill 60,

An Act to amend The Health Unit Act

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