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Opioid Damages and Health-care Costs Recovery Act

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Bill overview

Bill NS246, “Opioid Damages and Health-care Costs Recovery Act”, is a Nova Scotia bill from session assembly-63-session-2.

Its latest recorded status is “Passed”.

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

Status changed: 2020-03-10T00:00:00.000

Key provisions

  1. 01This Act may be cited as the Opioid Damages and Health-care Costs Recovery Act.
  2. 02The Minister of Health shall establish a fund to provide compensation for individuals affected by opioid-related harm.
  3. 03The fund shall be administered by the Minister of Health in consultation with the Minister of Finance.
  4. 04The Minister of Health shall establish a process for individuals to apply for compensation from the fund.
  5. 05The process for applying for compensation shall be made available to the public through the Minister of Health's website.

Vote roll

No division has been recorded for this bill yet.