Alberta Hospitalization Benefits describes health law for the province of Alberta, Canada. Chapter 3 of the Hospitals Act 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.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" , McGill Law Journal, Vol.41 No.2, Montreal, 1996, p. 462. Donations. Retrieved March 19, 2007.
Amongst other things the law defines: 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
External links "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.