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2011, c.168 - Health Care Funding Guarantee Act

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Repealed on 27 March 2015
2011, c.168
Health Care Funding Guarantee Act
Deposited May 13, 2011
Repealed: 2015, c.6, s.3.
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“first fiscal period” means the period commencing on April 1, 1999, and ending on March 31, 2000. (première période financière)
“gross ordinary account expenditures of the Department of Health” means, in relation to a particular fiscal year, the operating expenditures on non-capital items incurred in that fiscal year by the Department of Health in the delivery of public services and reported as such in the Public Accounts for that fiscal year, but not including short-term, time limited expenditures. (dépenses brutes au compte ordinaire du ministère de la Santé)
“gross ordinary account expenditures of the Department of Health and Community Services” means, in relation to a particular fiscal year, the operating expenditures on non-capital items incurred in that fiscal year by the Department of Health and Community Services in the delivery of public services and reported as such in the Public Accounts for that fiscal year, but not including short-term, time limited expenditures. (dépenses brutes au compte ordinaire du ministère de la Santé et des Services communautaires)
“real growth in the New Brunswick economy” means the rate of growth in Gross Domestic Product for New Brunswick at market prices adjusted for inflation. (croissance réelle de l’économie du Nouveau-Brunswick)
“subsequent fiscal period” means a period consisting of four consecutive fiscal years with the first such period commencing on April 1, 2000, and ending on March 31, 2004, and each successive period commencing on the day next following completion of the preceding period. (période financière subséquente)
1999, c.H-2.1, s.1; 2000, c.26, s.151; 2006, c.16, s.81
Objective of the Government of New Brunswick
2It is the objective of the Government of New Brunswick that
(a) in respect of the first fiscal period, the annual growth rate in gross ordinary account expenditures of the Department of Health and Community Services for that fiscal period equal or exceed the real growth in the New Brunswick economy, and
(b) in respect of each subsequent fiscal period, the growth rate in gross ordinary account expenditures of the Department of Health for that fiscal period equal or exceed the real growth in the New Brunswick economy for that fiscal period.
1999, c.H-2.1, s.2; 2000, c.26, s.151; 2006, c.16, s.81
Progress report to be laid before the Legislative Assembly each year
3Each year the Minister of Finance shall lay before the Legislative Assembly a progress report in relation to the objective of the Government of New Brunswick set out in section 2.
1999, c.H-2.1, s.3
Information to be included in the Public Accounts
4The Public Accounts shall contain the following information:
(a) for the first fiscal period,
(i) the real growth in the New Brunswick economy for calendar year 1999, as measured by the latest estimate of real economic output at market prices prepared by the Department of Finance, and
(ii) the actual growth rate in gross ordinary account expenditures of the Department of Health and Community Services in the fiscal year 1999-2000, as determined by comparing the gross ordinary account expenditures of the Department of Health and Community Services for the fiscal year 1999-2000 with the gross ordinary account expenditures of the Department of Health and Community Services for the fiscal year 1998-1999; and
(b) for each subsequent fiscal period,
(i) the real growth in the New Brunswick economy, as determined by comparing the real economic output at market prices for the calendar year covering the first three-quarters of a fiscal year with the real economic output at market prices for the calendar year covering the first three-quarters of the previous fiscal year, as measured by the latest estimate released by Statistics Canada, if available, or if not available, the latest estimate prepared by the Department of Finance, and
(ii) the actual growth rate in gross ordinary account expenditures of the Department of Health in a fiscal year, as determined by comparing the gross ordinary account expenditures of the Department of Health for that fiscal year with the gross ordinary account expenditures of the Department of Health and Community Services for the previous fiscal year or the gross ordinary account expenditures of the Department of Health for the previous fiscal year, as the case may be.
1999, c.H-2.1, s.4; 2000, c.26, s.151; 2006, c.16, s.81
Effect of changes in accounting policies
5For the purposes of this Act, any change made in the accounting policies of the Government of New Brunswick applies retroactively.
1999, c.H-2.1, s.5
Effect of reorganization
6(1)For the purposes of this Act, the gross ordinary account expenditures of the Department of Health and Community Services shall be restated retroactively as a result of any reorganization of that department.
6(2)For the purposes of this Act, the gross ordinary account expenditures of the Department of Health shall be stated retroactively as a result of any reorganization of that department.
1999, c.H-2.1, s.6; 2000, c.26, s.151; 2006, c.16, s.81
N.B. This Act was proclaimed and came into force September 1, 2011.
N.B. This Act is consolidated to March 27, 2015.