BILL NO. 454
(as introduced)
1st Session, 64th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
2 Charles III, 2024
Private Member's Bill
Expanding HPV Testing Act
The Honourable Kelly Regan
Bedford Basin
First Reading: March 27, 2024
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
An Act Respecting at-Home Testing
for Human Papillomavirus
1 This Act may be cited as the Expanding HPV Testing Act.
2 In this Act,"at-home test" means a self-swab test for HPV that may be used by an eligible person at home;
"eligible person" means a resident of the Province who has a cervix and is at least 25 years of age;
"HPV" means human papillomavirus;
"Minister" means the Minister of Health and Wellness;
"program" means the at-home HPV testing program established under subsection 3(1).
3 (1) Subject to Section 5, the Minister shall establish an at-home HPV testing program.
(2) The program must ensure that every eligible person is provided with an at-home test at least once every five years.
(3) The Minister shall implement the program no later than September 1, 2024.
4 Subject to Section 5, the Department of Health and Wellness shall fully fund and manage the program, including providing and processing at-home test results.
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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