Alberta Hospitalization Benefits describes health law for the province of Alberta, Canada. Chapter 3 of the Hospitals Act[1] is the Hospitalization Benefits Plan.
Origins include the 1919 Municipal Hospitals Act, national Health Services Act of 1944, and the provincial Lloydminster Hospital Act of 1947.[2][3]
Amongst other things the law defines:[1]
- Insured services
- Entitlement to insured services
- Recovery of cost of services
- Payment for insured services
- Operating costs
- Debentures
- Group contracts
- Agreements
- Use of word "hospital"
References
edit- ^ a b "Hospitals Act" (PDF). Alberta Queen's Printer. Province of Alberta. July 29, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
- ^ Aunger A., Edmund. "Forging Alberta's Constitutional Framework", editors Richard Connors and John M. Law, "One Language and One Nationality", "The Forcible Constitution of a Unilingual Province In a Bilingual Country, 1870-2005", published by University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, 2005, pp. 103-135. Retrieved March 19, 2007.
- ^ Choudhry, Sujit. "The Enforcement of the Canada Health Act" Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, McGill Law Journal, Vol.41 No.2, Montreal, 1996, p. 462. Donations. Retrieved March 19, 2007.
External links
edit- "Public Health Act", of the Government of Alberta. - November 1, 2010. Alberta Queen's Printer copyright item $7. Retrieved March 19, 2007.
- "Hospitalization Benefits Regulation", of the Government of Alberta, 1973 - 1990 - 2005 - 2008. Copyright item $4. Retrieved March 19, 2007.
- "Canada Health Act Overview", News Release by Health Canada, November 25, 2002. Retrieved March 19, 2007.
- "Canada Health Act Annual Report 2002-2003 (PDF Version - 1,873KB)", Annual Report by Health Canada, December, 2003. Retrieved January 19, 2011.