Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act, 2023, S.O. 2023, c. 4, Sched. 1

• Jurisdiction: Ontario

Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act, 2023

S.o. 2023, chapter 4
Schedule 1

Consolidation Period: From September 25, 2023 to the e-Laws currency date.

No amendments.

CONTENTS

Preamble

The people of Ontario and their Government:

Share a vision for connected and convenient care, where the health and wellbeing of all OHIP-insured Ontarians is enabled through health services that are available at no cost to patients;

Commit to supporting access to safe, effective, equitable, efficient and person-centred care;

Recognize the value of a healthcare system that collaboratively integrates publicly funded, community-based health services with local and regional health system partners;

Intend to expand access to publicly funded community-based health services to improve patient wait times, patient experience and access to care in a way that considers the needs of diverse, vulnerable, priority and underserviced populations, taking into account linguistic needs; and

Acknowledge the importance of advancing initiatives to optimize health human resources today and in the future.

PART I
INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION

Interpretation

1 (1) In this Act,

“Board” means the Health Services Appeal and Review Board under the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Appeal and Review Boards Act, 1998; (“Commission”)

“compliance order” means an order made under section 49; (“ordre de conformité”)

“Director” means the Director or Directors appointed under section 3 and, where more than one Director has been appointed, means the Director or Directors that have been assigned the power, function or duty in the provision in which the term appears; (“directeur”)

“facility cost” means,

(a) a charge, fee or payment for or in respect of a service or operating cost that,

(i) supports, assists and is a necessary adjunct, or any of them, to an insured service, and

(ii) is not part of the insured service, or

(b) any other charge, fee or payment that is prescribed as a facility cost; (“coûts d’établissement”)

“health facility” means a place in which one or more members of the public receive health services and includes an integrated community health services centre; (“établissement de santé”)

“inspecting body” means an organization that is prescribed as an inspecting body in accordance with the regulations; (“organisme d’inspection”)

“inspector” means an inspector appointed under section 42 or 43; (“inspecteur”)

“insured person” has the same meaning as in the Health Insurance Act; (“assuré”)

“insured service” means,

(a) a service rendered by a physician for which an amount payable is prescribed by the regulations under the Health Insurance Act, or

(b) a service prescribed as an insured service under the Health Insurance Act rendered by a practitioner within the meaning of that Act; (“service assuré”)

“integrated community health services centre” means, subject to any exemptions set out in the regulations,

(a) a health facility, including a community surgical and diagnostic centre, in which one or more members of the public receive services for or in respect of which facility costs are charged or paid, or

(b) a health facility, including a community surgical and diagnostic centre, or a class of health facilities, that is prescribed; (“centre de services de santé communautaire intégré”)

“justice” has the same meaning as in the Provincial Offences Act; (“juge”)

“licence” means a licence issued by the Director under this Act; (“permis”)

“licensee” means the holder of a licence; (“titulaire de permis”)

“Minister” means the Minister of Health or such other member of the Executive Council as may be assigned the administration of this Act under the Executive Council Act; (“ministre”)

“Ministry” means the ministry of the Minister; (“ministère”)

“patient” means a person who receives health services in a health facility; (“patient”)

“personal information” means personal information as defined in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and includes personal health information as defined in the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004; (“renseignements personnels”)

“physician” has the same meaning as in the Health Insurance Act; (“médecin”)

“Plan” means the Ontario Health Insurance Plan referred to in section 10 of the Health Insurance Act; (“Régime”)

“prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations; (“prescrit”)

“provincial offences officer” has the same meaning as in the Provincial Offences Act; (“agent des infractions provinciales”)

“quality and safety standards” means,

(a) the quality and safety standards established by an inspecting body under paragraph 1 of subsection 43 (3),

(b) any additional quality and safety standards that may be prescribed, and

(c) any other applicable generally accepted quality and safety standards; (“normes de qualité et de sécurité”)

“regulated health professional” means a health professional whose profession is regulated under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991; (“membre d’une profession de la santé réglementée”)

“regulations” means regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”)

“requirement under this Act” means,

(a) a requirement contained in this Act or its regulations,

(b) a requirement set out in a compliance order or other order authorized under this Act, or

(c) a requirement that is a limitation and condition of a licence or condition of receiving funding. (“exigence que prévoit la présente loi”)

Interest affecting the control of a corporation

(2) A person shall be deemed to have an interest affecting the control of a corporation if the person, alone or with one or more associates, directly or indirectly beneficially owns or controls the lesser of,

(a) voting shares in the corporation in a sufficient number to permit that person, either alone or with one or more associates, to direct the management and policies of the corporation; or

(b) voting shares to which are attached 10 per cent or more of the voting rights attached to all issued and outstanding voting shares of the corporation.

Associates

(3) Persons shall be deemed to be associates of each other if,

(a) one person is a corporation of which the other person is an officer or director;

(b) one person is a partner of the other person;

(c) one person is a corporation of which the other person beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, voting shares carrying more than 10 per cent of the voting rights attached to all voting shares of the corporation for the time being outstanding;

(d) both persons are members of a voting trust where the trust relates to shares of a corporation;

(e) one person is the father, mother, brother, sister, child or spouse of the other person or is another relative who has the same home as the other person; or

(f) both persons are associates within the meaning of clauses (a) to (e) of the same person.

Corporations without share capital

(4) For the purposes of this Act, the provisions of this Act related to corporations, their control, and the ownership, control and voting of shares apply with necessary modifications in respect of corporations to which the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 applies.

Application of Act

2 This Act does not apply to a place, service or class of services, health facility or class of health facilities or person or class of persons that is exempted by the regulations.

PART II
DIRECTOR

Director

3 (1) The Minister shall appoint one or more persons as the Director for integrated community health services centres.

Director may be individual or other entity

(2) A Director may be an individual or another entity.

If more than one Director appointed

(3) Where more than one person is appointed as Director, the appointment may specify the functions and duties of each person who is appointed.

Director’s powers

(4) Subject to this Act and the regulations, the Director has the power to perform any functions or duties that the Director has under this Act.

PART III
LICENSING AND RELATED MATTERS

Licence Applications

Licence required

4 No person shall establish or operate an integrated community health services centre except under the authority of a licence.

Call for applications

5 (1) The Minister may at any time authorize the Director to call for one or more applications for the establishment and operation of one or more integrated community health services centres by,

(a) sending a call for applications to one or more specified persons; or

(b) publishing a call for applications in any manner the Director considers appropriate.

Contents of call for applications

(2) A call for applications shall specify,

(a) the service or services to be provided in the integrated community health services centre;

(b) the locality in which the integrated community health services centre is to be located;

(c) such other requirements and limitations as the Minister considers relevant; and

(d) the final date for submission of applications.

Submission of applications

(3) Any person may respond to a call for applications by submitting an application to the Director.

Required contents for licence application

(4) A licence application must be in the form specified by the Director and must include, but is not limited to,

(a) a detailed description of the service or services to be provided in the proposed integrated community health services centre and how it will provide connected and convenient care, including the applicant’s,

(i) capacity to improve patient wait times,

(ii) plans to improve patient experiences and access to care in the proposed integrated community health services centre, and

(iii) plans to integrate with the health system;

(b) details of the applicant’s quality assurance and continuous quality improvement programming, including policies for infection prevention and control;

(c) the business, clinical and professional experience of the...