BILL NO. 181
(as introduced)
1st Session, 64th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
71 Elizabeth II, 2022
Private Member's Bill
Maritime Clinical Health Service Strategy Act
Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
Cumberland North
First Reading: April 22, 2022
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
An Act to Provide for
a Maritime Clinical Health Service Strategy
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 This Act may be cited as the Maritime Clinical Health Service Strategy Act.
2 In this Act, "Minister" means the Minister of Health and Wellness.
3 (1) The Minister shall collaborate with the Minister of Health for New Brunswick and the Minister of Health and Wellness for Prince Edward Island to
(a) jointly lobby the federal government for Canada Health Transfer payments based on the demographics of the Maritime Provinces; and
(b) create a maritime health network that provides equitable health-care access to residents of the Maritime Provinces irrespective of provincial borders.
(2) The maritime health network must address seamless access to
(b) effective and efficient administration;
(c) emergency health services;
(d) health professional education and licensing;
(f) integration of information and communication technologies (E-health);
(h) mental health and addictions services;
(l) public health services; and
4 The Minister, in collaboration with the Minister of Health for New Brunswick and the Minister of Health and Wellness for Prince Edward Island, shall review this Act annually to find further efficiencies and ways to further reduce barriers to health-care access.
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