Bill 100: Emergency Health Services Act (amended)

This bill primarily affects ambulance and emergency health services providers operating in Nova Scotia, including both public and private operators who bill patients for ambulance trips. If passed, these providers would no longer be able to charge patients directly for medically necessary calls or inter-facility transfers, shifting the cost burden entirely to government or insurers. Private ambulance operators and medical transport companies would need to restructure their billing and revenue models. Larger healthcare facilities that arrange inter-facility patient transfers would also see changes to how those transport costs are handled administratively.