Legislation / NS129
NS129INTRODUCEDOTHERNOVA SCOTIA

COVID-19 Child Care Costs Act

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Legislative timeline

  1. 1st
  2. 2nd
  3. Comm.
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  5. Senate
  6. Assent

Bill overview

Bill NS129, “COVID-19 Child Care Costs Act”, is a Nova Scotia bill from session assembly-63-session-3.

Its latest recorded status is “Introduced”.

This overview is written automatically from the registry and vote records on this page and updates when they sync. It describes the bill's path, not its merits.

PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARY

What you need to know

The COVID-19 Child Care Costs Act, a bill in the Nova Scotia assembly, is currently at First Reading. This means it has been introduced to the legislature for discussion. The bill's purpose is to address child care costs during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the exact details of its provisions are not yet available as it has not yet progressed beyond the initial stage.

AI-generated from official records and reviewed against our editorial guardrails.

Key provisions

  1. 01This Act may be cited as the COVID-19 Child Care Costs Act.
  2. 02The Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development shall provide funding for child care costs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. 03The funding provided under this Act shall be used to support child care providers in Nova Scotia.
  4. 04The Minister of Finance and Treasury Board shall ensure that the funding provided under this Act is allocated efficiently and effectively.
  5. 05The funding provided under this Act shall be in addition to any other funding provided to child care providers in Nova Scotia.
  6. 06This Act comes into force on a day to be proclaimed by the Governor in Council.

Vote roll

No division has been recorded for this bill yet.