No. 21 4th Session, 13th Legislature, Alberta 6 Elizabeth II, 1958 BILL 21 A Bill to Validate an Order in Council Authorizing the Provision of Services to Certain Persons Under The Hospitalization and Treatment Services Act HoN. DR. Ross Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Moat Excellent Majesty l!ldmont.on, Alberta, 1968

%. Order in Council 1084/57 validated. The Order in Council is set out in the Schedule. 3. Act retroactive to date of Order in Council.

BILL No. 21 of 1958

An Act to Validate an Order in Council Authorizing the Provision of Services to Certain Persons Under The Hospitalization and Treatment Services Act (Assented to ' 1958) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of tlie Province of Alberta, enacts as follows : l.. This Act may be cited as "The Order in Council 1084-57 Validation Act". 2. A certain order in council dated the ninth day of July, A.D. 1957, and intituled Order in Council 1084-57, and set out in the

Schedule to this Act, is hereby validated, ratified and confirmed and shall have the same force and effect as if it had been enacted by this Act. 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to and upon so corning into force shall be deemed to have been in force at all times on and after the ninth day of July, 1957.

SCHEDULE Approved and Ordered, JOHN J. BOWLEN, Lieutenant Governor. o.c. 1084/57 Edmonton, Tuesday, July 9, 1957. The Executive Council has had under consideration the report of the Honourable the Minister of Health, dated July 5th, 1957, stating that:

Whereas

section 3 of The Hospitalization and T1·eatment Se1·vices Act, being

chapter 146 of The Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1955, provides that, 1. The Minister may provide for part or all of the costs of necessary hospitalization and treatment services for a person and his dependents residing in the Province of Alberta if such person

and 2 (

a) is in receipt of an allowance under The Supplementm·y Allowances Act,

Whereas certain persons presently in receipt of allow­ ances under The Supplementary Allo'Wances Act would become ineligible for such allowances due to the pension increase of six dollars a month, and thereby ineligible for benefits under The Hospitalization and Treatment Ser­ vices Act; and

Whereas

section 5 of The Hospitalization and T1·eatment Services Act, being

chapter 146 of The Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1955, provides, that 2. The Minister may provide for part or all of the costs of necessary hospitalization and treatment services for a person Who is and (

a) unmarried and his income, inclusive pension, is not more than one thousand dollars a year, or (

b) married and living with his spouse, and the total income, inclusive of the pension, of the recipient and his spouse, is not more than fifteen hundred dollars a year,

Whereas certain persons presently in receipt of Hos­ pitalization and Medical Services under authority of sec­ tion 5 of The Hospitalization and Treatment Se1·vices Act, would become ineligible for such services due to the Pen­ sion increase of six dollars per month; Therefore, upon the recommendation of the Honourable the Minister of Health, the Executive Council advises that, those persons who were on the first day of July, 1957, eligible to receive Hospital and Medical Services under authority of The Hos1Jitalization and T1·eatment Se1·vices Act, continue to receive these services.

No. 21 FOURTH SESSION THIRTEENTH LEGISLA JURE 6 ELIZABETH II 1958 BILL

An Act to Validate an Order in Council Authorizing the Provision of Services to Certain Persons Under The Hospitalization and Treatment Services Act Received and read the First time .................... . Second time .......... . Third time ......................................... . HoN. DR. Ross Title: 1958 (13th, 4th) Bill 21,

An Act to Validate an Order in Council Authorizing the Provision of Services to Certain Persons Under The Hospitalization and Treatment Services Act