Page 6-30, active positions, an information item. Page 6-31, another information item, health and social services authorities - active positions. Agreed?
Debates of March 23rd, 2004
This is page numbers 183 - 236 of the Hansard for the 15th Assembly, 3rd Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was health.
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Committee Motion 4-15(3): To Develop An Action Plan To Deal With Stds, Tb, Diabetes And Obesity, Carried
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 4-15(3): To Develop An Action Plan To Deal With Stds, Tb, Diabetes And Obesity, Carried
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 4-15(3): To Develop An Action Plan To Deal With Stds, Tb, Diabetes And Obesity, Carried
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair David Ramsay
Agreed. Page 6-32, details of work performed on behalf of others. Mr. Yakeleya.
Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 23rd, 2004
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Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a motion here. I move that this committee recommends the Government of the Northwest Territories places the issue of the federal government failing to meet their health care responsibility to aboriginal residents of the Northwest Territories on the agenda for the northern leaders meeting, with a view to arriving at a consensus on a joint plan of action to recovery of this debt.
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Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. The motion is in order, we will just pass it around. We'll just make sure everybody has a copy of the motion. To the motion.
Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Question.
Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
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The Chair David Ramsay
All those in favour? Opposed? The motion is carried.
---Carried
---Applause
We will now move. We're back on 6-32, committee, details of work performed on behalf of others.
Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
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The Chair David Ramsay
Details of work performed on behalf of others continues to 6-35, for a total department total of $16.389 million.
Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
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The Chair David Ramsay
We will go back to page 6-7 which is the department summary. Operations expense and a total expense of $246.978 million.
Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
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The Chair David Ramsay
We will now turn your attention to the back of your main estimates book to the CAP. CAP-13, Health and Social Services, community health programs, total community health programs, $1.125 million.
Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Sandy Lee Range Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have questions on community health programs various information systems there, health management information system, community and public health information system, patient and hospital scheduling system. These amount to over $3 million. Could I just get brief information on what these are? Thank you.
Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
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Michael Miltenberger Thebacha
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thought I would be able to hear without my earpiece, but could I get the Member to repeat the question? Sorry.
Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Ms. Lee, could you repeat the question to the Minister? Thank you.
Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
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Sandy Lee Range Lake
Sure, thank you. Mr. Chairman, I wanted to know what these information systems are that the Minister is asking for capital funding in the amount of $2.2 million under health management information system, $1.1 million for community and public health information system, and patient and hospital scheduling system for $800,000, and children and family information system I guess. I'm wondering are we building a computer infrastructure, is this something new? Oh, I guess that's the prior money that we've spent, okay. Could I still get an idea about what this is meant to do? Thank you.
Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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St. Germaine
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The $625,000; the health management information system is the administrative system that's utilized to track and record people who register for the health care system, the registration. It also generates and tracks fee-for-service payments, hospital stays. Basically all the health systems that are part of the insured system are captured under that particular system.
The current system that we have and are replacing is about a 10-year-old system and no longer meets the way we do business.
The children and family information system is an information system used in family and children's services. It's basically an information system that gathers and tracks information on various activities of our child welfare workers in terms of their interactions with clients.
The community and public health information system is a system in place in most of the health centres, which does a couple of things. It schedules and tracks appointments for patients coming in for various clinics and also tracks and records encounters with patients. It also has a component that we are looking at for a public information system that would capture immunizations on an individual basis. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Committee Motion 5-15(3) To Develop A Plan Of Action To Recover Federal Shortfall In Health Funding, Carried
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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