The Health System Governance and Accountability Amendment Act

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5th Session, 42nd Legislature

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Bill 217

THE HEALTH SYSTEM GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY AMENDMENT ACT

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Explanatory Note

(Assented to )

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

C.C.S.M. c. H26.5 amended

1 The Health System Governance and Accountability Act is amended by this Act.

2 The following is added after subsection 38(2):

Tabling annual reports in Assembly

38(3) The minister must table a copy of each annual report referred to in subsection (1) in the Assembly on any of the first 15 days on which the Assembly is sitting after the minister receives it.

Annual reports referred

38(4) An annual report tabled in the Assembly stands permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Social and Economic Development unless the Assembly otherwise orders. The Standing Committee must consider the report within 120 days after it is tabled.

Coming into force

3 This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent and applies to annual reports that are tabled in the Assembly after that day.

Explanatory Note

This Bill amends The Health System Governance and Accountability Act to require annual reports of health authorities to be tabled in the Assembly and referred to the Standing Committee on Social and Economic Development. The Standing Committee must consider each report within 120 days.