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Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Act

BILL NO. 179

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
65 Elizabeth II, 2016



Private Member's Bill



Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Act



Tim Houston
Pictou East



First Reading: May 5, 2016

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

An Act Respecting Pregnancy
and Infant Loss Awareness

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 This Act may be cited as the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Act.

2 Throughout the Province, in each and every year, October 15th shall be kept and observed under the name of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day.

3 The Minister of Health and Wellness shall

(a) assess the services available to women and families who experience the loss of a pregnancy or the death of an infant; and

(b) develop a plan to provide or improve the provision of such services to women and families in any region of the Province in which no such services are available or in which the provision of such services is insufficient to satisfy the needs of the women and families for whom the services are provided.

 


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