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Whereas capital costs for healthcare facilities in North and Central British Columbia are shared between the Provincial Government and Regional Hospital Districts (RHD) at a 60%/40% split (Province/local RHD); and

Whereas the cost share ratio borne by a local Regional Hospital District is not financially sustainable, long term, due to escalating construction/inflationary costs and scope of healthcare capital projects increasing without adequate and proactive consultation with the local RHD Board;

Therefore be it resolved that NCLGA and UBCM lobby the Provincial Government to modernize the RHD Cost Share formula under the Hospital District Act with the ability to pay being a key consideration of cost-sharing of healthcare capital projects.