2nd Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
57 Elizabeth II, 2008
The Honourable Darrell Dexter
Cole Harbour
First Reading: November 21, 2008
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
This Bill amends the Homes for Special Care Act to prohibit long-term-care facilities from charging security deposits to seniors.
1 Chapter 203 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Homes for Special Care Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 13 the following Section:
(2) No long-term-care facility may charge a security deposit to a person sixty-five years of age or older.