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F-2.2 - Family Services Act

Section 19
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Contract to purchase social services from government, agency or person
19(1)The Minister may enter into a contract to purchase from any government department or agency or any other agency or person, whether within or outside the Province, any social service that the Minister is authorized to provide under section 16.
19(2)Where a contract has been entered into under subsection (1) the Minister may provide social services under section 16 on a joint basis with any department, agency or person referred to in subsection (1).
19(3)The Minister shall not purchase a social service under this section unless the department, agency or person providing the service
(a) has been approved by the Minister prior to the purchase of the social service; and
(b) in the opinion of the Minister, is capable of providing the social service in accordance with standards that have been prescribed by the Minister or by the regulations.
2016, c.37, s.66; 2019, c.2, s.54
Contract to purchase social services from government, agency or person
19(1)The Minister of Families and Children or the Minister of Seniors and Long-Term Care, as the case may be, may enter into a contract to purchase from any government department or agency or any other agency or person, whether within or outside the Province, any social service that the Minister is authorized to provide under section 16.
19(2)Where a contract has been entered into under subsection (1) the Minister may provide social services under section 16 on a joint basis with any department, agency or person referred to in subsection (1).
19(3)The Minister shall not purchase a social service under this section unless the department, agency or person providing the service
(a) has been approved by the Minister prior to the purchase of the social service; and
(b) in the opinion of the Minister, is capable of providing the social service in accordance with standards that have been prescribed by the Minister or by the regulations.
2016, c.37, s.66
Contract to purchase social services from government, agency or person
19(1)The Minister may enter into a contract to purchase from any government department or agency or any other agency or person, whether within or outside the Province, any social service that the Minister is authorized to provide under section 16.
19(2)Where a contract has been entered into under subsection (1) the Minister may provide social services under section 16 on a joint basis with any department, agency or person referred to in subsection (1).
19(3)The Minister shall not purchase a social service under this section unless the department, agency or person providing the service
(a) has been approved by the Minister prior to the purchase of the social service; and
(b) in the opinion of the Minister, is capable of providing the social service in accordance with standards that have been prescribed by the Minister or by the regulations.