Your Health Act, 2023, S.O. 2023, c. 4 - Bill 60
Jurisdiction | Ontario |
Bill Number | 60 |
Date | 18 May 2023 |
Chapter 4
An Act to amend and enact various Acts with respect to the health system
Assented to May 18, 2023
CONTENTS
His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:
Contents of this Act
1 This Act consists of this section, sections 2 and 3 and the Schedules to this Act.
Commencement
2 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
(2) The Schedules to this Act come into force as provided in each Schedule.
(3) If a Schedule to this Act provides that any provisions are to come into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, a proclamation may apply to one or more of those provisions, and proclamations may be issued at different times with respect to any of those provisions.
Short title
3 The short title of this Act is the Your Health Act, 2023.
SCHEDULE 1
INTEGRATED COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES CENTRES ACT, 2023
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...
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