BILL NO. 18

(as introduced)

1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
52 Elizabeth II, 2003

Private Member's Bill

Health Authorities Act
(amended)

H. David Wilson
Glace Bay

First Reading: October 14, 2003

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

This Bill adds a time limit within which the Governor in Council must decide whether or not to approve a health-services business plan.

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 59 of Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2000, the Health Authorities Act, is amended by adding immediately after subsection (3) the following subsection:

(3A) Where the Governor in Council approves a health-services business plan pursuant to subsection (3), the approval shall be made before June 30th of the fiscal year for which the plan is prepared.