BILL NO. 271
(as introduced)
1st Session, 64th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
1 Charles III, 2023
Private Member's Bill
Women's Health Graduate Scholarships Act
Rafah DiCostanzo
Clayton Park West
First Reading: March 22, 2023
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
An Act to Provide Graduate Scholarships
for Research that Benefits Women's Health
AND WHEREAS government-funded scholarships can bring important research and awareness to women's health;
THEREFORE be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 This Act may be cited as the Women's Health Graduate Scholarships Act.
(a) "graduate program" means a program in a recognized university that offers a master's or doctorate degree;
3 The Minister shall create priority areas for research into women's health that focus on the diagnosis, treatment and awareness of key health issues affecting women.
4 Subject to Section 5, the Minister shall expand the provincial graduate scholarship program for students in graduate programs that address a priority area identified under Section 3.
5 The money required for the purpose of this Act must be paid out of money appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature.
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