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Select Standing Committee on Health

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The Select Standing Committee on Health is one of nine permanent all-party committees of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The Committee is working to identify potential strategies to maintain a sustainable health care system for British Columbians, as outlined in the Committee's Terms of Reference.

As part of its work to continue to identify strategies for maintaining the sustainability and quality of B.C.'s health care system, the Committee undertook a public consultation process from June 7 to July 29, 2016, including public hearings in communities around the province. The consultation focused on gathering information on rural health care, interdisciplinary teams and addiction recovery programs.

The Committee will submit a report to the Legislative Assembly on the results of its consultation in the coming months.

Terms of Reference

On March 1, 2016, The Legislative Assembly agreed that the Select Standing Committee on Health be empowered to:

  1. Identify potential strategies to maintain a sustainable health care system for British Columbians; and
  2. Consider health capital funding options.

In addition to the powers previously conferred upon the Select Standing Committee on Health, the committee shall be empowered:

  1. to appoint of their number one or more subcommittees and to refer to such subcommittees any of the matters referred to the committee and to delegate to the subcommittee all or any of its powers except the power to report directly to the House;
  2. to sit during a period in which the House is adjourned, during the recess after prorogation until the next following Session and during any sitting of the House;
  3. to conduct consultations by any means the committee considers appropriate;
  4. to adjourn from place to place as may be convenient; and
  5. to retain such personnel as required to assist the committee;
and shall report to the House as soon as possible, or following any adjournment or at the next following Session, as the case may be; to deposit the original of its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly during a period of adjournment and upon resumption of the sittings of the House, the Chair shall present all reports to the Legislative Assembly.

 

Contact Information

Select Standing Committee on Health
c/o Parliamentary Committees Office
Room 224, Parliament Buildings
Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4
Canada

Phone: 250-356-2933 (collect) or 1-877-428-8337 (toll-free)
Fax: 250-356-8172
Email: HealthCommittee@leg.bc.ca

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