B.C. brings into force 2025 amendments to Health Care Costs Recovery Act and updates supporting regulation

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British Columbia has activated the Health Care Costs Recovery Amendment Act, 2025 and made corresponding updates to its supporting regulation. The amendments update cross-references within the regulation to reflect new and renumbered sections of the parent Act, replacing old references to sections 4(1) and 4(1.1) with references to sections 4 and 4.1. Two new forms have also been added to the regulation's Schedule: a Notice of Third Party Claim form and an Information from Uninsured Defendant form. These changes affect parties involved in health care cost recovery proceedings—particularly third-party defendants, uninsured defendants, and those who administer or process such claims. Businesses and individuals who are or may be named as defendants in health care cost recovery actions should be aware of the new required forms.

Who this affects: third-party defendants in health care cost recovery proceedings · uninsured defendants · insurers and claims administrators · legal counsel handling personal injury or liability claims · health care cost recovery practitioners