Hambrook, Ellen (Assistant Deputy Minister, Education Program Standards and Assessment, Ministry of Education)
Education - Curricula
Curriculum development and redesign ... FC109
Ministry of Education
Main estimates 2013-14 debate ... FC109
Hancock, Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud; Minister of Human Services)
Aboriginal children - Education
Memorandum of agreement, tripartite ... FC192
Aboriginal peoples - Employment
Skills development ... FC233 Skills development, funding for ... FC225-26
Aboriginal peoples - Services for
Affordable housing
Habitat for Humanity projects ... FC226
Alberta aids to daily living
Alberta Works
Access to services ... FC228 Disability-related employment supports (DRES) ... FC199, 204, 222 Employment services ... FC228 Employment services, funding reduction ... FC205-6, 220 Job Corps program ... FC226 Mandate ... FC219-20 Service agencies, contracts ... FC228 Support for AISH client applications ... FC216 Support for homeless persons ... FC225 Support for PDD employment ... FC199, 204
Apprenticeship training
Aboriginal participation ... FC225-26 Employer partnerships ... FC226
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Administrators, member's request for information ... FC235 Appeal panels ... FC213, 216-17 Appeals, member's request for information re wait times ... FC213 Applications, increase ... FC198, 216 Applications, wait times ... FC213, 216 Benefit period after approval ... FC213, 216 Benefits increase ... FC191, 198 Benefits indexing (proposed) ... FC238 Clients ... FC191, 198, 216 Clients, administrative burden on ... FC216 Clients, employment earnings ... FC235 Clients, member's request for information re statistics ... FC235 Clients, per capita cost ... FC216 Eligibility criteria ... FC213, 216 Employment supports ... FC198-99
Autism spectrum disorders
Adult services for ... FC231
Bow Valley College
Employment programs ... FC226
Catholic Family Services - Calgary
Teenage mothers, school programs ... FC224-25
Child and family services authorities
Appeal panels ... FC217 Government restructuring ... FC201 Staff, wage parity for contract service workers ... FC201
Child and Youth Advocate - Investigations/inquiries
Injuries/fatalities of children in care ... FC232-33
Child development
Crossministry review ... FC208
Child poverty
Reduction strategies, performance measures on ... FC192, 221, 223
Child welfare - Aboriginal children
Aboriginal community input ... FC192-93 Band designate program ... FC192, 193, 227 Children in care, permanent homes ... FC227 Children in care, statistics ... FC192 Risk factors ... FC193 Staff training ... FC228 Staff training, member's request for information ... FC193 Trends ... FC192, 227
Child welfare - Aboriginal children - Calgary
Children in care, statistics ... FC227
Children - Protective services
Funding ... FC191 Injuries/fatalities of children in care ... FC232-33 Intervention Services Information System (ISIS) ... FC229 Mental health services ... FC209 Quality review council ... FC232 Results-based budgeting ... FC209 Risk factors ... FC193 Staff, caseload ... FC193 Statistics ... FC192
Children with disabilities
Family supports ... FC221
Children with special needs - Education
Courts
Impact of plan to end homelessness ... FC196
Daycare
Family subsidies ... FC191 Family subsidies, eligibility criteria ... FC197, 208
Daycare centres
Accreditation rates ... FC206-7 Grants for employee benefit increases ... FC207 Grants for quality funding, program termination ... FC191, 207 New spaces (child care choices plan) ... FC208 Occupancy rates ... FC197 Online information on spaces available ... FC197 Partnerships with K-12 schools ... FC207, 208
Daycare centres - Employees
Accreditation ... FC206-7 Retention ... FC206-7 Retention, member's request for information ... FC220 Training for immigrant staff ... FC208
Delegated First Nation agencies (child welfare)
Mandate ... FC227 Outcome and success measurement ... FC236
Early childhood education
Full-day kindergarten, implementation ... FC223
Edmonton public school board
Unwed mothers, programs at Braemar school ... FC224-25
Education - Finance
Funding reduction ... FC223
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Impact of plan to end homelessness ... FC196
Employment and training programs
Funding for underrepresented groups ... FC225-26, 233 Skills development ... FC233 Workforce partnerships ... FC226
Family and community support services
Farm workers
Child labour standards ... FC203
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Homeless persons
Clients, statistics ... FC191, 196 Funding, outreach and support services ... FC191, 196, 225 Outcome and success measurement ... FC236 Outreach and support services ... FC196, 225 Outreach and support services, wage parity for contract service workers ... FC201
Homeless persons - Calgary
Homeless persons - Edmonton
Homeless persons - Housing
Emergency shelters ... FC191, 196 Mandate of Ministry of Municipal Affairs ... FC196 Results-based budgeting ... FC196
Homelessness
Housing first model ... FC196 Indicator services ... FC196 Interagency council ... FC219, 225
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Impact of plan to end homelessness ... FC196
Immigrants
Child care staff preparation project ... FC208 Co-location of programs ... FC208 Parenting programs ... FC208 Settlement services ... FC233
Immigration
Provincial nominee program ... FC233
Income support program
Benefit rates, member's request for information ... FC220 Comparison with other jurisdictions, member's request for information ... FC220 Eligibility criteria ... FC231 Health benefits, costs ... FC220 Staff, caseload ... FC220
Income support program - British Columbia
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... FC220
Income support program - Saskatchewan
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... FC220
Kinship care
Family recruitment for ... FC227
Life skills
Training programs ... FC226
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Ombudsman role for AISH clients ... FC216
Mental health services - Residential treatment beds
Impact of plan to end homelessness ... FC196
Michener Centre
Disposition of surplus buildings ... FC202 Funding ... FC218
Ministry of Human Services
Access to services ... FC219 Associate minister's office, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... FC236 Communications, organizational storyteller ... FC198, 200, 237 Corporate services, funding for ... FC217 Corporate services, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... FC236 Main estimates 2013-14 debate ... FC190-209, 211, 213, 216-38 Ministry support services ... FC199 Outcome-based contract management ... FC229 Outcome-based services ... FC217-18, 219, 224-25 Outcome-based services, administrative burden ... FC229 Overview ... FC190-91 Restructuring, cost savings ... FC199, 211 Restructuring, programs and services ... FC190-91, 201, 203, 217, 233 Results-based budgeting ... FC217-18, 218-19, 226, 235, 236 Staff, compensation ... FC228, 235 Staff, empowerment ... FC219-20 Staff, FTEs ... FC190 Staff, impact of restructuring on ... FC199, 203, 211 Staff, member's request for information ... FC198, 220 Staff, senior ... FC190 Staff, survey of ... FC203 Staff, training and development ... FC237 Strategic services ... FC217 Strategic services, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... FC236
NorQuest College
Employment programs ... FC226
Persons with complex needs
High-risk PDD clients, support services ... FC195
Persons with developmental disabilities
Administrative vs. front-line staff ... FC218 Appeals processes ... FC217 Capital expenses re housing ... FC195, 211 Client assessment with supports intensity scale (SIS) ... FC200, 202-3, 221, 229 Community access supports ... FC221 Community access supports, funding decrease ... FC191, 193, 204 Community access supports, outcome-based services ... FC221 Eligibility criteria ... FC231 Employment rate, comparison with other jurisdictions ... FC198, 224 Employment supports ... FC199, 204, 205-6, 222, 233-34 Funding, new service delivery system ... FC191 Government restructuring, administration ... FC201, 231 Outcome-based services ... FC194, 217-18, 221 Service provider contracts ... FC194, 229 Staff, training re high-risk clients ... FC195 Staff, wage parity for contract service workers ... FC193, 201, 203, 218, 230 Transition planning ... FC219 Wait-lists for services ... FC231 Workforce alliance re planning ... FC193, 230, 233-34
Persons with developmental disabilities - Washington
Persons with disabilities
Employment supports ... FC233-34 Employment under labour market agreements (federal) ... FC222 Staff, wage parity for contract service workers ... FC230 Workforce alliance re planning ... FC230
Police
Impact of plan to end homelessness ... FC196
Poverty
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... FC220 Definition, public input ... FC221, 223 Reduction strategies, employment supports ... FC205-6 Reduction strategies, performance measures on ... FC192 Reduction strategies, public input on ... FC192 Reduction strategies, social policy framework alignment ... FC192, 219
Registered apprenticeship program
School programs ... FC226
Safe communities initiative (SafeCom)
Programs and services, sustainability plans ... FC235-36
Safe communities innovation fund (SCIF)
Grants, replacement with other funds (proposed) ... FC235
Schools - Construction
Community model with wraparound services ... FC207
Seniors' benefit program
Appeal panels re services ... FC217
Sexual assault centres
Staff, wage parity for contract service workers ... FC201
Survivors' benefits
Widows' pension ... FC234
Teenage mothers
Programs and services for single mothers ... FC224-25
Temporary foreign workers
Settlement services ... FC233
Terra Centre, Edmonton
Unwed teen mothers, program ... FC224-25
Women's shelters
Eligibility criteria ... FC198 Funding ... FC201 New beds ... FC197 Staff, wage parity for contract service workers ... FC201, 234-35
Women's shelters - Calgary
Hansen, Jacquie (President, Alberta School Boards Association)
Alberta School Boards Association
Presentation on Irlen syndrome ... FC342-46 Recommendation that Bill 204 not proceed ... FC343, 346
Child development
Provincial 36-month screening (proposed) ... FC344, 345
Children with disabilities - Diagnosis
Psychoeducational assessments, availability ... FC344 Speech assessments, availability ... FC345 Teachers' role in assessments ... FC343
Children with disabilities - Diagnosis - Rural areas
Psychoeducational assessments, costs ... FC345
Education
Provincial framework (Inspiring Education) ... FC342-43
Education Act
Student supports and services, access to ... FC343
Irlen Syndrome Testing Act (Bill 204)
School board duties under ... FC343 Teacher referral provisions ... FC343
Vision - Testing
School-based programs ... FC345
Hattori, Mark (Assistant Deputy Minister, Child and Family Services, Ministry of Human Services)
Child welfare - Aboriginal children
Staff training, member's request for information ... FC193
Ministry of Human Services
Main estimates 2013-14 debate ... FC193
Hehr, Kent (AL, Calgary-Buffalo)
Alberta initiative for school improvement
Program termination ... FC101
Calgary board of education
Funding decrease ... FC120 Statistics on schools ... FC98-99
Calgary Catholic school district
Funding decrease ... FC120
Children with special needs - Education
Early childhood education ... FC100
Early childhood education
Full-day kindergarten, implementation ... FC98 Funding, full-day kindergarten ... FC99-100 Pre-kindergarten ... FC99-100
Edmonton Catholic school district
Funding decrease ... FC120
Edmonton public school board
Funding decrease ... FC120
Education
Lifelong learning ... FC120 Provincial framework (Inspiring Education) ... FC120
Education - Curricula
Career and technology studies ... FC119-20
English as a second language
English as a second language - Brooks
English as a second language - Calgary
Enrolment increase ... FC120
English as a second language - Fort McMurray
Private schools
Accountability ... FC121 Early childhood education ... FC99-100 Funding, comparison with public schools ... FC99-100
School boards
Accountability ... FC121 Enrolment forecasts ... FC98
School boards - Finance
Board independence ... FC120
Schools - Construction
50/70 plan (new and modernizations) ... FC100 Capital plan, announcements ... FC99 Modernizations ... FC99 Modular classrooms ... FC98-99 New schools ... FC98-99 Public-private partnerships (P3) ... FC99
Schools - Maintenance and repair
Student testing (elementary and secondary)
Diploma exams ... FC121 Diploma exams, rewrite statistics, member's request for information ... FC121
Hensel, Dr. Gordon (Registrar, Alberta College of Optometrists)
Alberta College of Optometrists
Children with visual disabilities
Impact on learning and reading ... FC325-26
Irlen Institute
Products (lenses and overlays), costs ... FC327
Irlen Syndrome Testing Act (Bill 204)
Irlen screening and treatment provisions ... FC327 Regulatory provisions ... FC327 Teacher referral provisions ... FC328, 329
Irlen Syndrome Testing Act (Bill 204) review
Recommendation, comprehensive eye exam before testing for Irlen syndrome ... FC328
Optometrists
Screening for Irlen syndrome, support ... FC328
Reading (elementary)
Children's experiences ... FC326, 328 Children's experiences, parental role in ... FC326
Visual perception disorders
Irlen syndrome (visual stress), symptoms ... FC326-27
Visual perception disorders - Diagnosis
Irlen syndrome (visual stress), screening, costs ... FC326
Visual perception disorders - Research
Irlen syndrome (visual stress), controversy re sufficient evidence ... FC326, 327, 328
Visual perception disorders - Treatment
Irlen syndrome (visual stress), controversy re effectiveness ... FC327 Irlen syndrome (visual stress), tinted lenses ... FC326 Irlen syndrome (visual stress), tinted overlays and paper ... FC326
Horne, Fred (PC, Edmonton-Rutherford; Minister of Health)
Aboriginal peoples - Health services
Family care clinics, on-reserve ... FC273
Alberta advocate (proposed)
Alberta aids to daily living
Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute
Alberta cancer prevention legacy fund
Alberta health care insurance plan
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Administrative costs ... FC240, 244, 270 Governance ... FC271-72 IT systems, data standards ... FC270 IT systems, open-data portal for personal information ... FC247-48, 270, 273 Relations with Ministry of Health ... FC271-72 Staff, compensation ... FC240 Structure, zones ... FC270
Alberta Health Services (authority) - Finance
Pension liability for current and former RHA executives, member's request for information ... FC247 Pension liability for current management ... FC247
Alberta Hospital Edmonton
Funding for new beds ... FC279 Young adult services ... FC279
Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions
Funding ... FC240 Funding for cancer research ... FC277 Integration of health research and health services delivery ... FC240, 275-76
Alberta Medical Association
Review of electronic medical records ... FC259-60 Review of primary care standards (Primary Care Alliance) ... FC240, 254
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Crossjurisdictional comparison of administrative costs ... FC249, 251
Cancer - Diagnosis
Breast cancer screening ... FC277
Cancer - Treatment
Wait times, radiation oncology ... FC245
Children - Mental health services
Continuing/extended care facilities
Acute-care hospital patients waiting for beds ... FC245, 253, 262, 266 Beds ... FC253, 266 Beds, member's request for information ... FC266 Funding ... FC262, 266 Inspections ... FC253, 281 Long-term care patient placement ... FC253 Public-private ownership ratio ... FC253 Staff, skill levels ... FC253 Standards ... FC281
Continuing/extended care facilities - Carmangay
Little Bow centre closure ... FC267
Continuing/extended care facilities - Rural areas
Dementia
Patient services ... FC267
Dementia - Treatment - Southern Alberta
Diabetes - Children
Insulin pump program ... FC274
Diagnostic imaging
Private services ... FC259
Diagnostic imaging - High Prairie
Drugs
Bulk purchases ... FC263 Consolidation of benefits ... FC255, 263-64, 277, 282 Costs ... FC245, 264 Fraud reviews by AHCIP ... FC267-68 Funding ... FC240 Generic drugs ... FC241, 245, 255, 263, 278, 282 Generic drugs, benefit list ... FC282 Generic drugs, price comparison with other jurisdictions ... FC241, 245 Universal coverage (pharmacare) ... FC240, 255, 263-64, 277, 282 Universal coverage (pharmacare), cost savings ... FC240, 263, 282 Universal coverage (pharmacare), other jurisdictions ... FC263, 282-83
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Consolidation of dispatches ... FC253, 258 Health Quality Council of Alberta report, implementation of recommendations ... FC258 Interfacility transfers for nonemergency patients ... FC258 New technology, member's request for information ... FC258 Paramedics, scope of practice ... FC253, 258-59 Response times ... FC253
Estimates of supply, main
Committee consideration, combined time for questions and answers ... FC241, 244 Committee consideration, combined time for questions and answers, point of order raised ... FC249
Family care clinics
Funding ... FC240, 243, 265 Mental health services ... FC264-65 Pilot projects, existing ... FC243 Planning, community centre model ... FC273 Planning, new clinics ... FC243-44, 265, 273, 276 Planning, with primary care networks ... FC243-44 Staff, specialists ... FC254, 268, 276 Wellness and population health services ... FC250
Family care clinics - Rural areas
Health care - Finance
3-year funding cycle ... FC243 Administrative costs ... FC240, 244, 249, 270 Administrative costs, comparison with other jurisdictions ... FC251 Cost drivers ... FC267 Costs per capita ... FC250 Financial reports, comparison of ... FC244 History ... FC240, 243, 267 Operational funding ... FC240, 243, 267 Operational funding, new facilities ... FC244 Out-of-country services ... FC246, 247 Out-of-country services, member's request for information ... FC247 Out-of-province services ... FC246, 267-68 Out-of-province services, member's request for information ... FC247
Health care - Finance - British Columbia
Administrative costs ... FC251
Health care - Finance - Manitoba
Administrative costs ... FC251
Health care - Finance - Ontario
Administrative costs ... FC251
Health care - Finance - Saskatchewan
Administrative costs ... FC251
Health facilities
Disposition of surplus ... FC267 Inspection announcements ... FC281 Review committee recommendations ... FC281 Waste management ... FC247 Waste minimization ... FC247
Health facilities - Construction
Health professions
Government regulation ... FC272
Health promotion
Demographics, at-risk persons ... FC268, 269 Funding for wellness programs ... FC240 Provincial strategy ... FC268-69, 280
Homeless persons - Housing
Outreach and support services ... FC264
Hospitals - Capacity issues
Acute-care patients waiting for alternate level of care ... FC245
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Income support program
Health benefits, replacement by pharmacare ... FC240
Income tax, provincial
Tax credits for seniors' activities (proposed) ... FC281
Injuries - Prevention
Prevention strategy ... FC268-69 Seniors' falls program ... FC255
Kaye Edmonton Clinic
Grants ... FC240, 244 Physician compensation (academic alternate reimbursement plan) ... FC251
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Mental health services - Finance
Mental health services - Residential treatment beds
Acute-care patients waiting for mental health beds, member's request for information ... FC279 Beds, addiction treatment ... FC246, 279 Beds, community mental health ... FC246, 279 Beds, psychiatric ... FC246, 279
Mental health services - Rural areas
Delivery models ... FC265
Michener Centre
Closure ... FC281 Staff, transition planning for ... FC281 Transition planning framework ... FC281
Netcare (provincial electronic health records)
Orthopaedic procedures
Screening programs ... FC276
Out-of-country Health Services Committee
Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary general hospital)
Pharmacists
Compensation ... FC278 Compensation for dispensing generic drugs ... FC241, 243, 245, 278 Expanded services ... FC241, 243 Expanded services, immunization ... FC251
Physicians
Compensation, honour-based billing ... FC271 Compensation committee ... FC243 Physician office service program (health records) ... FC259-60 Physician office service program (health records), program termination ... FC270 Services agreement ... FC240, 243 Statistics ... FC260
Population
Demographics, impact on health system ... FC258, 280
Postsecondary educational institutions
Mental health services ... FC264
Preventive medicine
Impact on population health ... FC250
Primary care (medicine) - Finance
Primary care networks
Auditor General's recommendation re assessment of ... FC254 Family care clinics, planning assistance ... FC243-44 Funding ... FC240, 243, 265 Mental health services ... FC264-65 Performance measures ... FC254 Service provision ... FC243 Service provision, orthopaedic screening ... FC276 Service provision, wellness and population health ... FC250 Staff, medical specialists ... FC254, 268 Statistics ... FC243
Property tax
Seniors' deferral program ... FC241
Property tax - Education levy
Seniors' assistance program, termination ... FC241
Protection of children abusing drugs program
Beds and services ... FC256 Number of clients, member's request for information ... FC256
Regional Health Authorities Act
Minister's powers under ... FC272
Schools - Construction
Community model with wraparound services ... FC265
Schools - Health promotion services
Mental health initiative, statistics ... FC246 Mental health services ... FC264-65 Mental health services, staff training ... FC246
Seniors - Abuse of
General remarks ... FC255
Seniors' benefit program
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... FC241 Drug benefits, replacement by pharmacare ... FC240, 255 Eligibility criteria ... FC241 Funding, dental and optical assistance ... FC255 Funding, services and supports ... FC241 Harmonization with federal programs ... FC241, 277 Residency requirement ... FC277 Special-needs assistance ... FC255 Statistics ... FC241
Social policy framework
Health services ... FC250
South Health Campus, Calgary
Grants ... FC240, 244 Operations ... FC277 Physician compensation (academic alternate reimbursement plan) ... FC251
Supportive living accommodations
Construction standards ... FC253, 266 Staff training, long-term care patients ... FC253
Supportive living accommodations - Rural areas
Supportive living accommodations, affordable
Surgery
Central booking ... FC253
Surgery - Cataract surgery
Universities - Health facilities
Physician compensation (academic alternate reimbursement plan) ... FC251
Hutchinson, Althea (Sr. Financial Officer and Executive Director, Strategic Planning and Financial Services, Ministry of Service Alberta)
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Performance measures ... FC68
Government vehicles
Capital expenses ... FC74, 76 Hybrid vehicles ... FC75
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
Government vehicles, hybrid ... FC75
Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
Government vehicles use ... FC75
Ministry of Service Alberta
Business plan alignment with estimates, member's request for information ... FC68 Business services ... FC74 Main estimates 2013-14 debate ... FC68, 71, 74-76 Performance measures ... FC68 Performance measures re internal clients ... FC74
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