Legislation / NS43
NS43INTRODUCEDHEALTHNOVA SCOTIA

Moratorium on Medicare User Fees Act

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Legislative timeline

  1. 1st
  2. 2nd
  3. Comm.
  4. 3rd
  5. Senate
  6. Assent

Bill overview

Bill NS43, “Moratorium on Medicare User Fees Act”, is a Nova Scotia bill from session assembly-58-session-2.

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 Moratorium on Medicare User Fees Act, currently at First Reading in the Nova Scotia assembly, would put a hold on the implementation of user fees for Medicare services. This means that any plans to charge patients for medical services covered under the provincial health insurance plan would be temporarily stopped.

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

Key provisions

  1. 01This Act may be cited as the Moratorium on Medicare User Fees Act.
  2. 02The Minister of Health shall not impose user fees on Medicare services.
  3. 03The Minister of Health shall review and report on the financial impact of this Act.
  4. 04This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
  5. 05This Act is binding on the Government of Nova Scotia and all its agencies and instrumentalities.

Vote roll

No division has been recorded for this bill yet.