FIRST REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE Fourth Session Fifty-seventh Legislative Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick April 8, 2014 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE Mr. Bonenfant, Chair Ms. Wilson, Vice-Chair Mr. K. MacDonald Ms. Lynch Mr. S. Robichaud Mr. Davis Mr. Doucet Mr. Arseneault April 8, 2014 To The Honourable The Legislative Assembly of The Province of New Brunswick Mr. Speaker: Your Standing Committee on Health Care begs leave to submit this, their First Report.

Your Committee met in the Legislative Assembly Chamber on February 27, 28, March 11, 13 and April 4, 2014, to consider the estimates of the Department of Health, referred to your Committee by resolution of the House adopted February 13, 2014. Your Committee wishes to report that they have passed all of the estimates referred to them and outlined in this report and recommends these estimates to the House. I move, seconded by the Member for Petitcodiac, that the report be concurred in by the House.

Yvon Bonenfant, MLA Chair The following are the items that were passed by the Committee: MAIN ESTIMATES, 2014-2015 ORDINARY ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Resolved, That there be granted to Her Majesty a sum not exceeding $2,587,248,000 to defray the expenses of the following program allocations for the fiscal year ending the 31st of March, 2015: Corporate and Other Health Services ................................................... 296,663,000 Medicare .............................................................................................. 582,907,000 Drug Programs ...................................................................................... 214,677,000 Regional Health Authorities ................................................................. 1,494,061,000 Less amounts authorized by law ...................................................... 53,000 Less designated revenue .................................................................. 1,007,000 Voted ..................................................................................................... 2,587,248,000 CAPITAL ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Resolved, That there be granted to Her Majesty a sum not exceeding $22,500,000 to defray the expenses of the following program allocation for the fiscal year ending the 31st of March, 2015: Public Hospitals - Capital Equipment .............................................. 22,500,000 WORKING CAPITAL – MAXIMUM BALANCES 2014-2015 Voted WORKING CAPITAL ADVANCES Health ...................................................................................................... 1,225,000 PETTY CASH ADVANCES Health ...................................................................................................... 2,000 INVENTORIES Health ...................................................................................................... 8,830,000