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Nova ScotiaBill 113First Reading

Bill 113: Medically at-Risk Registry Act

Sponsor: Elizabeth Smith-McCrossinIntroduced March 25, 2025Checked September 4, 2026
Read the official textOfficial version — Nova Scotia House of Assembly

What this bill does

This Nova Scotia bill creates a Medically at-Risk Registry for people who depend on electricity-powered medical equipment at home, requiring Nova Scotia Power to prioritize restoring their power first during outages.

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Business impact

Compliance
The primary business affected is Nova Scotia Power Incorporated, the provincial utility, which would be required to integrate registry data into its outage response and power restoration workflows. In practice, this means the utility's operations and dispatch teams would need to cross-reference the registry when deciding the order in which neighbourhoods or individual residences get power restored. The Nova Scotia Health Authority would also take on an administrative role — maintaining, updating, and securely sharing the registry with the utility and the Emergency Management Office. There is minimal direct impact on private businesses outside the utility and health authority, though home-based medical equipment suppliers or healthcare providers may see indirect relevance if they advise clients about registration.

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Where this bill is

First ReadingMarch 25, 2025
Next: Second Reading debate

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At a glance

Bill number
NS-113
Type
Private Member's Public
Jurisdiction
Nova Scotia
Session
65-1
Official record