BILL NO. 268
(as introduced)
1st Session, 64th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
1 Charles III, 2023
Private Member's Bill
Primary Care Physician Incentive Program Extension Act
The Honourable Zach Churchill
Yarmouth
First Reading: March 22, 2023
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
An Act to Extend the Primary Care
Physician Incentive Program
AND WHEREAS the new Primary Care Physician Incentive Program is only available to physicians who establish a practice outside the Authority's Central Zone;
AND WHEREAS the number of people on the wait-list for a primary care practitioner continues to grow much faster in the Central Zone compared to the other management zones;
THEREFORE be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 This Act may be cited as the Primary Care Physician Incentive Program Extension Act.
2 In this Act,(a) "management zone" means a management zone established under the Health Authorities Act;
(b) "Nova Scotia Health Authority" means the provincial health authority established under the Health Authorities Act.
3 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister of Health and Wellness shall extend the Primary Care Physician Incentive Program so that it is available to physicians in all four Nova Scotia Health Authority management zones, including the Central Zone, who wish to establish a family practice.
(2) The money required for the purpose of this Section must be paid out of money appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature.
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