CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS AMENDMENT REGULATION
For information only: Made by the Minister of Health (M.O. 14/2021) on May 26,
2021 pursuant to section 32 of the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act.
1 The Claims for Benefits Regulation (AR 81/2006) is
amended by this Regulation.
2 Section 3 is amended
(a) in subsection (1) by repealing clause (b) and
substituting the following:
(b) the practitioner who provided the health service,
(b.1) a person referred to in section 20.1 of the Act, or
(b) in subsection (4) by striking out "under" and
substituting "referred to in".
3 Section 4 is repealed and the following is substituted:
Payment
4(1) In this section, "clinic" means a group of practitioners who
practise their profession together.
(2) A practitioner may assign the benefits to which the practitioner
is entitled to
(a) a clinic of which the practitioner is a member,
(b) an organization other than a person referred to in section 20.1
of the Act that employs or has entered into a service
agreement or arrangement with the practitioner, or
(c) another practitioner.
(3) Every practitioner who submits a claim for benefits for payment
by the Minister is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the
information and is liable for inaccurate information shown on the
claim for benefits.
4 Section 7(1)(a) is amended by adding "or a person referred
to in section 20.1 of the Act" after "a practitioner".
5 The following is added after section 10:
Expiry
10.1 For the purposes of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed
for ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be
repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this
Regulation expires on March 31, 2031.