2003 Legislative Session: 4th Session, 37th Parliament
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No. 124
OF THE
Tuesday, December 2, 2003
2 p.m.
ROUTINE BUSINESS
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
1 Ms. MacPhail to introduce a bill intituled Forest Tenure Reform Act, 2003.
2 Ms. Kwan to introduce a bill intituled Childcare Rights Act, 2003.
3 Mr. Nettleton to introduce a bill intituled An Act to Prohibit any Participation by the Government of British Columbia in respect of the Operation of the Canadian Firearms Registration System.
4 Ms. MacPhail to introduce a bill intituled Protection of Public Assets Act, 2003.
STATEMENTS (STANDING ORDER 25B)
(Afternoon sittings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday)
ORAL QUESTION PERIOD
(15 minutes, afternoon sittings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
PRESENTING PETITIONS
READING AND RECEIVING PETITIONS
PRESENTING REPORTS
MOTIONS ON NOTICE
(See Schedule A -- Government Motions)
(See Schedule D -- Private Members' Motions)
WRITTEN QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
(See Schedule B)
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ON NOTICE
92 The Hon. C. Hansen to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 92) intituled Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003, to amend as follows:
SECTION 5,
(a) in the proposed section 18 (1) by deleting "be a benefit" and substituting "be a benefit under this Act or the Hospital Insurance Act" ,
(b) in the proposed section 18 (1) (a) by deleting "or" ,
(c) in the proposed section 18 (1) (b) by deleting "charge." and substituting "charge, or" ,
(d) by adding the following paragraph:
(c) the amount that would be payable under the Hospital Insurance Act, for the service if rendered by an enrolled medical practitioner. ,
(e) in the proposed section 18 (2) by deleting paragraph (d) and substituting the following:
(d) a medical facility or diagnostic facility if
(i) a regional health board as designated under section 4 of the Health Authorities Act, or
(ii) the Provincial Health Services Authority
has contracted to have the service rendered. , and
(f) by deleting the proposed section 18.1 (1) and substituting the following:
(1) Unless a service is rendered by a medical practitioner who is not enrolled, a person must not charge another person for, or in relation to, the service if that service
(a) would be a benefit under this Act, or a benefit under the Hospital Insurance Act, if rendered to a beneficiary at
(i) an approved diagnostic facility,
(ii) a hospital, or
(iii) a diagnostic facility under an agreement with a regional health board, the Nisþa Nation or the Provincial Health Services Authority, and
(b) is rendered to a beneficiary at a diagnostic facility that is not approved under section 33.
SECTION 6, by deleting the proposed section 19 (1) and substituting the following:
(1) Before a beneficiary is rendered a service described in subsection (1.1), the person who intends to charge another person for, or in relation to, the service must advise the beneficiary, in a manner the beneficiary can understand, of the following:
(a) that the person intends to collect the amount from the other person;
(b) how much the person who intends to charge will charge for, or in relation to, the service;
(c) how much, if anything, the person who intends to charge reasonably expects that the commission will reimburse the other person for the rendering of the service.
(1.1) A service for the purposes of subsection (1) means a service that
(a) would be a benefit if rendered by a practitioner, or
(b) would be a benefit under this Act, or a benefit under the Hospital Insurance Act, if rendered by a practitioner to a beneficiary at
(i) an approved diagnostic facility,
(ii) a hospital, or
(iii) a diagnostic facility under an agreement with a regional health board, the Nisþa Nation or the Provincial Health Services Authority.
SECTION 14, by deleting "S.B.C. 2003," and substituting "S.B.C. 2002," .
ORDERS OF THE DAY
COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY
PRIVATE MEMBERS' TIME
(Monday morning only)
(See Schedule D)
PUBLIC BILLS AND ORDERS AND GOVERNMENT MOTIONS ON NOTICE
COMMITTEE
SECOND READING
PRIVATE BILLS
PUBLIC BILLS IN THE HANDS OF PRIVATE MEMBERS
(See Schedule D)
ADJOURNED DEBATE ON OTHER MOTIONS
E. GEORGE MacMINN, Q.C.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
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