CONSOLIDATION

Extra-billing and User Charges Information Regulations

SOR/86-259

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OFFICIAL STATUS OF CONSOLIDATIONS Subsections 31(1) and (3) of the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, in force on June 1, 2009, provide as follows: Published consolidation is evidence

31 (1) Every copy of a consolidated statute or consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act in either print or electronic form is evidence of that statute or regulation and of its contents and every copy purporting to be published by the Minister is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown. ... Inconsistencies in regulations

(3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act, the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

LAYOUT The notes that appeared in the left or right margins are now in boldface text directly above the provisions to which they relate. They form no part of the enactment, but are inserted for convenience of reference only.

NOTE This consolidation is current to June 20, 2022. Any amendments that were not in force as of June 20, 2022 are set out at the end of this document under the heading “Amendments Not in Force”.

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulations Prescribing the Types of Information that the Minister of National Health and Welfare may Require under Paragraph 13(a) of the Canada Health Act in Respect of Extra-Billing and User Charges and the Times at which and the Manner in which such Information shall be Provided by the Government of each Province

Short Title

Interpretation

Types of Information

Times and Manner of Filing Information

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Registration SOR/86-259 February 27, 1986

CANADA HEALTH ACT Extra-billing Regulations P.C. 1986-499

and

User

Charges

Information

February 27, 1986

Whereas the Minister of National Health and Welfare has consulted with the Ministers responsible for health care in the provinces respecting proposed Regulations prescribing the types of information that the Minister may require under paragraph 13(a) of the Canada Health Act in respect of extra-billing and user charges and the times at which and the manner in which such information shall be provided by the government of each province.

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of National Health and Welfare, pursuant to paragraph 22(1)(c) of the Canada Health Act*, is pleased hereby to make the annexed Regulations prescribing the types of information that the Minister of National Health and Welfare may require under paragraph 13(a) of the Canada Health Act in respect of ex‐ tra-billing and user charges and the times at which and the manner in which such information shall be provided by the government of each province, effective April 1, 1986.

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S.C. 1984, c. 6

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Regulations Prescribing the Types of Information that the Minister of National Health and Welfare may Require under Paragraph 13(a) of the Canada Health Act in Re‐ spect of Extra-Billing and User Charges and the Times at which and the Manner in which such Information shall be Provided by the Government of each Province

Short Title 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Extra-billing and User Charges Information Regulations.

Interpretation 2 In these Regulations,

Act means the Canada Health Act; (Loi) Minister means the Minister of National Health and Welfare; (ministre) fiscal year means the period beginning on April 1 in one year and ending on March 31 in the following year. (exercice)

Types of Information 3 For the purposes of paragraph 13(a) of the Act, the Minister may require the government of a province to provide the Minister with information of the following types with respect to extra-billing in the province in a fiscal year: (a) an estimate of the aggregate amount that, at the

time the estimate is made, is expected to be charged through extra-billing, including an explanation regarding the method of determination of the estimate; and (b) a financial statement showing the aggregate amount actually charged through extra-billing, including an explanation regarding the method of determination of the aggregate amount. 4 For the purposes of paragraph 13(a) of the Act, the Minister may require the government of a province to

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Extra-billing and User Charges Information Regulations Types of Information Sections 4-5

provide the Minister with information of the following types with respect to user charges in the province in a fiscal year: (a) an estimate of the aggregate amount that, at the

time the estimate is made, is expected to be charged in respect of user charges to which section 19 of the Act applies, including an explanation regarding the method of determination of the estimate; and (b) a financial statement showing the aggregate

amount actually charged in respect of user charges to which section 19 of the Act applies, including an explanation regarding the method of determination of the aggregate amount.

Times and Manner of Filing Information 5 (1) The government of a province shall provide the Minister with such information, of the types prescribed by sections 3 and 4, as the Minister may reasonably require, at the following times: (a) in respect of the estimates referred to in paragraphs 3(a) and 4(a), before April 1 of the fiscal year to which they relate; and (b) in respect of the financial statements referred to in paragraphs 3(b) and 4(b), before the sixteenth day of the twenty-first month following the end of the fiscal year to which they relate. (2) The government of a province may, at its discretion, provide the Minister with adjustments to the estimates referred to in paragraphs 3(a) and 4(a) before February 16 of the fiscal year to which they relate. (3) The information referred to in subsections (1) and (2)

shall be transmitted to the Minister by the most practical means of communication.

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