Alberta Releases Legislation to Overhaul Health Care With Four New Sectors, Including Mental Health

Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange has introduced legislation to overhaul the province’s health-care system by splitting its delivery into four sectors. Bill 22, the Health Statutes Amendment Act, will create four new organizations in the health-care system: acute care, primary care, continuing care, and mental health and addiction, according to a government news release. Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange told reporters in a May 14 news conference that the changes will “usher in an era of efficiency, accessibility, and patient-centered care.” The changes resulting from the amendments are not merely bureaucratic, she said. “They represent a fundamental shift in how we approach health care in Alberta.”...