BILL NO. 186
(as introduced)
1st Session, 64th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
71 Elizabeth II, 2022
Private Member's Bill
Pandemic Impact Transparency Act
The Honourable Zach Churchill
Yarmouth
First Reading: July 26, 2022
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
An Act to Provide Transparency
Respecting the Impacts of
the COVID-19 Pandemic
1 This Act may be cited as the Pandemic Impact Transparency Act.
2 (1) The Department of Health and Wellness shall report at least weekly on the affects of the COVID-19 pandemic on
(a) backlogs in critical surgeries;
(b) emergency room wait times;
(c) the scheduling of other health procedures; and
(2) The Department of Health and Wellness shall report at least weekly
(a) the number of hospitalizations resulting from COVID-19;
(b) the number of deaths attributable to COVID-19; and
(c) any other statistics or information that the Chief Medical Officer of Health considers appropriate.
(3) All reports made under subsections (1) and (2) must be made publicly available.
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