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Health committee Mr. Chair, I will ask my colleague Gillian Pranke to answer that question.
October 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Lynne Tomson
Health committee I will ask my legal services to chime in here, but I believe that the term “province” does include territories. That's why it's not explicitly put in this bill. The Interpretation Act allows for that. It is included. It's just not explicit.
October 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Lynne Tomson
Health committee There is a provision. If an eligible person didn't access it in the first year because they weren't aware, etc., they could apply in year two for the first-year period. That's in clause 7.
October 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Lynne Tomson
Health committee [Technical difficulty—Editor] different reports, one on a dental care program, which is more extensive, and what you would imagine a dental care program could be. What just came out is for the benefit. The benefit is two cycles, two benefit periods, and the budget that the government has announced is $938 million.
October 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Lynne Tomson
Health committee You do. If you have access to private insurance—
October 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Lynne Tomson
Health committee Well, you're not eligible. If you have access to a public program, and NIHB is considered a public program—also, provincial and territorial programs are very diverse across the country, which I've been hearing about today, with different coverage, different income levels and different elements that are covered—to ensure that there is more parity across the board, this would be eligible if there are out-of-pocket expenses.
October 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Lynne Tomson
Health committee That's correct—again, bearing in mind that you meet all the eligibility criteria and you do have a receipt for out-of-pocket expenses for what they're not covering. It's the same thing for provincial and territorial programs.
October 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Lynne Tomson
Health committee No, they're not.
October 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Lynne Tomson
Health committee Mr. Chair, the first question was...as long as all of the eligibility criteria were met. You're absolutely right. If you do have private insurance, you're not eligible for this benefit, but if you do have out-of-pocket expenses for which you have a receipt, and you have met all the criteria that are included—
October 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Lynne Tomson
Health committee You are right. If you have private insurance, you cannot apply for this benefit. If you have out-of-pocket expenses for which you are not reimbursed, you could apply.
October 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Lynne Tomson
Health committee There is a definition about dental care services and what that encompasses. It does not encompass the mileage, for example, that you used in your example. It is really meant for the services that a dentist, a denturist—that's probably less likely for children—or a dental hygienist is lawfully entitled to provide.
October 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Lynne Tomson
Health committee Yes, as long as they have that receipt for which they have out-of-pocket expenses, they could apply for this benefit.
October 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Lynne Tomson
Health committee If they used it for dental services, that's a yes.
October 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Lynne Tomson
Health committee Well, they would still have to do an attestation. There's the income threshold, and then there's the age of the child. There are all the other things. They have to give us the name of the—
October 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Lynne Tomson
Health committee Exactly.
October 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Lynne Tomson