16-17

Health
Vote 32 - Continued
(thousands of dollars)
Drug Plan and Extended Benefits (HE08)
Provides subsidies and additional support for people with low incomes, high drug costs and those
with special needs for approved prescription drugs. It funds supplementary health benefits for
low-income Saskatchewan residents and funds aids for independent living including oxygen,
prosthetics and other devices. It also provides assistance for persons infected with the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus through the Canadian blood system.
Estimated
2016-17
Estimated
2015-16
Allocations
Saskatchewan Prescription Drug Plan..................................................................................
Saskatchewan Aids to Independent Living............................................................................
Supplementary Health Program..........................................................................................
Family Health Benefits.......................................................................................................
Multi-Provincial Human Immunodeficiency Virus Assistance....................................................
Benefit Plans Program Support...........................................................................................
Classification by Type 2016-17 2015-16
Salaries............................................................................. 3,912 3,869
Goods and Services............................................................ 698 698
Transfers for Public Services................................................ 42,084 43,084
Transfers to Individuals....................................................... 340,146 324,198
311,800 294,828
42,084 43,084
23,537 24,304
4,546
4,803
263
263
4,610
4,567
386,840 371,849
Non-Appropriated Expense Adjustment (HE11)
Accounts for expenses and expense recoveries that do not require appropriation. Typically these
are expenses for which the cash outflow is appropriated in a different fiscal year than the expense
or recovery is recorded.
Categories
Amortization - Land, Buildings and Improvements................................................................ 210 4,078
Amortization - Machinery and Equipment............................................................................. 476 489
Amortization - Office and Information Technology................................................................ 156 289
Classification by Type 2016-17 2015-16
Amortization of Capital Assets.............................................. 842 4,856
Non-appropriated expense adjustments are non-cash adjustments presented for information purposes only.
842 4,856
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