R-2.2.0.0.01 - Opioid-related Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act

Section 12 Disposition versions

2023-11-02

12. The opioid-related health care costs the Government has the right to recover under this Act include the cost of medical services, hospital services and other health services and social services, including pharmaceutical services and drugs, the Government or a government body covers under, in particular, the Hospital Insurance Act (chapter A-28), the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29), the Act respecting prescription drug insurance (chapter A-29.01), the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) and the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5).

Opioid-related health care costs also include the cost of any type of program and service established or insured by the Government or a government body to deal with a disease, injury or illness associated with opioid products, including programs and services to educate the public about the risks and dangers posed by such products or to fight problematic use of those products.

2023, c. 25, s. 12.