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Hepatitis C Compensation Act

BILL NO. 16

(as introduced)

3rd Session, 58th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
52 Elizabeth II, 2003



Private Member's Bill



Hepatitis C Compensation Act



Darrell Dexter
Dartmouth-Cole Harbour



First Reading: April 1, 2003

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

An Act to Guarantee
Equality of Treatment for
All Sufferers of Hepatitis C

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 This Act may be cited as the Hepatitis C Compensation Act.

2 Where the Government of the Province compensates persons who have contracted Hepatitis C from the blood supply, the Government shall compensate all persons who have contracted Hepatitis C from the blood supply without regard as to when those persons contracted Hepatitis C from the blood supply.


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