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BILL 21 - 2001: ABORTION SERVICES STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 2001
AND DEPUTY PREMIER
BILL 21 - 2001
ABORTION SERVICES STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 2001
1	The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 165, is amended by adding the following section in Division 2 of Part 2:
Disclosure of information relating to abortion services 22.1	(1)	In this section, "abortion services" means lawful medical services for the termination of a pregnancy.
(2)	The head of a public body must refuse to disclose to an applicant information that relates to the provision of abortion services. (3)	Subsection (2) does not apply to the following:
(a)	information about abortion services that were received by the applicant;
(b)	statistical information, including financial information, relating to the total number of abortion services provided throughout
(i)	British Columbia, or
(ii)	a region that is designated under section 4 (1) (b) of the Health Authorities Act
if more than one health care body provides abortion services in that region;
(c)	information about a public body's policies on the provision of abortion services. (4)	Nothing in this section prevents any other provision of this Act from applying if a request is made under section 5 by an applicant for access to a record containing information about abortion services that were received by the applicant.
2	Section 1 of the Hospital Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 200, is amended in the definition of
"hospital" by striking out "except in Part 2," and substituting
"except in Parts 2 and 2.1,".
3	The following Part is added:
Part 2.1 -- Hospitals Providing Abortion Services
24.1	(1)	In this section "qualified person" has the meaning given to it in section 1 of the Hospital Insurance Act.
(2)	Each hospital listed in the Schedule to this Act must provide the facilities and services, and be operated and maintained, as necessary to allow a qualified person to receive abortion services at that hospital.
(3)	The Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by regulation, amend the Schedule to add to it any hospital in British Columbia.
4	Section 47 is amended by adding "including a hospital under Part 2.1," after
"to a hospital,".
5	Section 56 is amended by adding the following subsection:
(3.1)	The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations adding any hospital in British Columbia to the Schedule.
6	The following Schedule is added:
[section 24.1]
1 Bulkley Valley District Hospital
2 Burnaby Hospital
3 Campbell River and District General Hospital
4 Cariboo Memorial Hospital
5 Cumberland Health Care Facility
6 Dawson Creek and District Hospital
7 Eagle Ridge Hospital and Health Care Centre
8 Fort St. John General Hospital
9 Golden and District General Hospital
10 G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital
11 Kelowna General Hospital
12 Kimberley and District Hospital
13 Kitimat General Hospital
14 Kootenay Lake District Hospital
15 Lions Gate Hospital
16 Maple Ridge Meadows Hospital and Health Care Centre
17 Mills Memorial Hospital
18 Mission Memorial Hospital
19 Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
20 Peach Arch District Hospital
21 Prince George Regional Hospital
22 Prince Rupert Regional Hospital
23 Queen Victoria Hospital
24 Royal Columbian Hospital
25 Royal Inland Hospital
26 Royal Jubilee Hospital
27 St. Mary's Hospital (Sechelt)
28 Surrey Memorial Hospital
29 Trail Regional Hospital
30 U.B.C. Health Sciences Centre Hospital
31 Vancouver General Hospital
32 Vernon Jubilee Hospital
33 Victoria General Hospital
34 West Coast General Hospital
SECTION 1:	[Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, enacts section 22.1] adds a provision protecting information relating to abortion services from disclosure to an applicant who makes a request under section 5 of the Act and listing certain exceptions to the general rule. One of these exceptions is intended to ensure that applicants who have received abortion services have access to their own information.
SECTION 2: [Hospital Act, amends section 1] is consequential to the amendment proposed by section 3 of this Bill.
SECTION 3: [Hospital Insurance Act, enacts Part 2.1] requires that the hospitals set out in the Schedule to this Act provide the facilities and services, and are operated and maintained, to allow qualified persons to receive abortion services at those hospitals.
SECTION 4: [Hospital Act, amends section 47] is consequential to the amendment proposed by section 3 of this Bill.
SECTION 5: [Hospital Act, adds section 56 (3.1)] empowers the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations to add hospitals to the Schedule.
SECTION 6: [Hospital Act, enacts a Schedule] establishes the hospitals in British Columbia that must comply with section 24.1 (2) of the Act.
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