2nd Session, 41st Legislature

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Bill 232

THE HEALTH SERVICES INSURANCE AMENDMENT ACT

(Assented to                                         )

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. H35 amended

1

The Health Services Insurance Act is amended by this Act.

2

The following is added after section 32:

Definition

32.1(1)

In this section, "health care premium" means an amount charged for a resident to become or remain an insured person.

No health care premiums

32.1(2)

No person may be asked or required to pay a health care premium, whether on that person's own account or on behalf of another person.

3

Section 34 is repealed.

4

Section 42 is amended by striking out everything after "$5,000.".

Coming into force

5

This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.