O.C. 442/2004

A.R. 207/2004

September 22, 2004

The Lieutenant Governor in Council makes the Health Insurance Premiums Amendment Regulation set out in the attached Appendix.

For Information only

Recommended by: Minister of Health and Wellness

Authority: Health Insurance Premiums Act
(section 2)

APPENDIX

Health Insurance Premiums Act

HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS
AMENDMENT REGULATION

1   The Health Insurance Premiums Regulation (AR 217/81) is amended by this Regulation.

2   Section 2 is amended by striking out “8.2” and substituting “3.1”.

3   The following is added after section 3:

3.1(1)  Notwithstanding section 3, if a registrant or the registrant’s spouse or adult interdependent partner is 65 years of age or over, the registrant is eligible for a full premium subsidy on behalf of the registrant and the registrant’s dependants.

(2)  Where only the registrant’s spouse or adult interdependent partner is 65 years of age or over, subsection (1) only applies if the registrant’s spouse or adult interdependent partner is a resident of Alberta.

(3)  Sections 7(2) and (3) and 8 do not apply to a subsidy under this section.

(4)  This section is effective with respect to a registrant,

(a) who becomes a registrant on or after October 1, 2004, on the date on which the registration becomes effective, where at the time of registration the registrant or the registrant’s spouse or adult interdependent partner is 65 years of age or over,

(b) on October 1, 2004, where the registrant or the registrant’s spouse or adult interdependent partner is 65 years of age or over on that date,

(c) on the first day of the first month following the 65th birthday of the registrant or the registrant’s spouse or adult interdependent partner, where the birthday occurs after October 1, 2004, or

(d) on the 65th birthday of the registrant or the registrant’s spouse or adult interdependent partner, where the birthday falls on the first day of a month and occurs after October 1, 2004.

(5)  The subsidy under this section ceases at the end of the 2nd month following the month in which the death occurs, as the case may be, of the registrant or the registrant’s spouse or adult interdependent partner who was 65 years of age or over at the time of death.

4   Section 8.2 is repealed.

5   This Regulation comes into force on October 1, 2004.