BILL NO. 49
1st Session, 57th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
47 Elizabeth II, 1998
Health Services and Insurance Act
(amended)
Maureen MacDonald
Halifax Needham
First Reading: October 27, 1998
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill prohibits the charging of fees for services or supplies necessarily incidental to insured professional services under the Health Services and Insurance Act.
An Act to Amend Chapter 197
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Health Services and
Insurance Act, to Prohibit
Fees for Services or Supplies
Necessarily Incidental to
Insured Professional Services
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Chapter 197 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Health Services and Insurance Act, is amended by adding the following Section:
29A Where a provider renders an insured professional service to a resident, the provider shall not charge the resident any fee for any services or supplies that are necessarily incidental to the insured professional service.
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