WHEREAS Regional Hospital Districts are required by law to adopt a five year financial plan including capital requirements by March 31 for each year ending December 31 and the Ministry of Health budgets on a yearly basis for each year ending March 31; AND WHEREAS the Ministry of Health provides capital funding targets to Health Regions and Health Regions must present their requirements to Regional Hospital Districts for consideration and Regional Hospital Districts must consider and respond to requests for funding within a limited timeframe: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM lobby the Ministry of Health to implement a multi-year budget system enabling Regional Hospital Districts to plan for future funding requirements on a five year basis that would enable residents to access quality health care in a fiscally responsible manner.
