Alberta is looking towards its own health care legislation that will govern how its health-care system operates. According to a Lawday news posting, this is possible a result of the health care debates in the US. The hypothetical health act in Alberta would govern health care in the province, and would work within the Canada Health Act.
Questions arise as to what regulations or standards of practice may change as a result of a differing legislation in a particular province. Will other provinces follow suit? This can potentially affect healthcare practitioners and retailers alike.
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ALBERTA PONDERING ITS OWN HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION
EDMONTON – Alberta is pushing for its own health care legislation – possibly as a result of the health care debates brewing south of the border.
A provincial advisory committee is recommending that Alberta have its own legislation governing how its health-care system operates, a reform it says would work within the Canada Health Act. "We asked people where do you think those sort of things belong?" Edmonton Conservative MLA Fred Horne said at the release of a report by the advisory committee on health Wednesday. "They told us quite clearly they belong in a health act built by Albertans for Albertans." The Alberta health act would be the overarching legislation governing health care in the province, Horne said. The report says the act would operate within the Canada Health Act. "The preamble to the act should clearly affirm that Alberta's health-care system will operate within the parameters of the Canada Health Act and its principles of public administration, comprehensiveness, universality, portability and accessibility," the report said. The committee also proposed that Alberta create its own charter of rights for patients and define principles of accountability, access and transparency that must be maintained in the health care system. In a news release, Premier Ed Stelmach said he was pleased with the committee's recommendations and the idea of an Alberta health act.
Source: Lawday
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