1 (1) In this Act, “accountability agreement” means the accountability agreement that the Minister and the Agency are required to enter into under subsection 19 (1); (“entente de responsabilisation”) “Agency” means the corporation continued by section 3; (“Agence”) “Appeal 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 d’appel”) Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, subsection 1 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following definition: (See: 2023, c. 19, s. 1 (1)) “client provider” means a health service provider or an Ontario Health Team that is funded by the Agency under section 21 to provide home and community care services to the provider’s or Team’s patients and to which the Service Organization provides operational supports; (“client-fournisseur”) “compliance order” means an order made under section 43.5; (“arrêté de conformité”) “de-identify” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004; (“anonymiser”) “health service provider” has the meaning set out in subsection (2); (“fournisseur de services de santé”) “integrate” includes, (a) to co-ordinate services and interactions between different persons and entities, (b) to partner with another person or entity in providing services or in operating, (c) to transfer, merge or amalgamate services, operations, persons or entities, (d) to start or cease providing services, and (e) to cease to operate or to dissolve or wind up the operations of a person or entity, and “integration” has a similar meaning; (“intégrer”, “intégration”) “local health integration network” means a local health integration network as defined in section 2 of the Local Health System Integration Act, 2006, and if that Act has been repealed, means such a network as it was defined immediately before the repeal; (“réseau local d’intégration des services de santé”) Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, the definition of “local health integration network” in subsection 1 (1) of the Act is repealed. (See: 2023, c. 19, s. 1 (2)) “Minister” means the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care or such other member of the Executive Council to whom the administration of this Act is assigned under the Executive Council Act; (“ministre”) Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, the definition of “Minister” in subsection 1 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: (See: 2023, c. 19, s. 1 (3)) “Minister” means the Minister of Health or such other member of the Executive Council to whom the administration of this Act is assigned under the Executive Council Act; (“ministre”) “Ministry” means the Ministry of the Minister; (“ministère”) “Ontario Health Team” or “Team” means a person or entity, or a group of persons or entities, designated under section 29; (“équipe Santé Ontario”, “équipe”) “personal health information” has the same meaning as in section 4 of the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004; (“renseignements personnels sur la santé”) “personal information” has the same meaning as in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; (“renseignements personnels”) “prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations; (“prescrit”) “regulations” means the regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”) “service accountability agreement” means the service accountability agreement that the Agency is required to enter into under section 22. (“entente de responsabilisation en matière de services”) 2019, c. 5, Sched. 1, s. 1 (1); 2020, c. 13, Sched. 1, s. 1 (1-4). Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, subsection 1 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following definition: (See: 2023, c. 19, s. 1 (1)) “Service Organization” means the corporation continued under section 27.2. (“Organisme de services”) Health service provider (2) In this Act, “health service provider” means the following persons and entities: Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, the definition of “health service provider” in subsection 1 (2) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph: (See: 2023, c. 19, s. 1 (4)) 0.1 The Service Organization. 1. A person or entity that operates a hospital within the meaning of the Public Hospitals Act or a private hospital within the meaning of the Private Hospitals Act. 2. A person or entity that operates a psychiatric facility within the meaning of the Mental Health Act except if the facility is, i. a correctional institution operated or maintained by a member of the Executive Council, other than the Minister, or ii. a prison or penitentiary operated or maintained by the Government of Canada. 3. The University of Ottawa Heart Institute/Institut de cardiologie de l’Université d’Ottawa. 4. A licensee within the meaning of the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021, other than a municipality or board of management described in paragraph 5. 5. A municipality or board of management that maintains a long-term care home under Part IX of the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021. 6. A not-for-profit entity that provides home and community care services. 7. A not-for-profit entity that operates a community health centre. 8. A not-for-profit entity that provides community mental health and addiction services. 9. A not-for-profit entity that operates a family health team. 10. A not-for-profit entity that operates a nurse practitioner-led clinic. 11. A not-for-profit entity that operates an Aboriginal health access centre. 12. A person or entity that provides primary care nursing services, maternal care or inter-professional primary care programs and services. 13. A not-for-profit entity that provides palliative care services, including a hospice. 14. A person or entity that provides physiotherapy services in a clinic setting that is not otherwise a health service provider. 15. An integrated community health services centre within the meaning of the Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act, 2023. 16. Any other person or entity or class of persons or entities that is prescribed. 2019, c. 5, Sched. 1, s. 1 (2); 2020, c. 13, Sched. 1, s. 1 (5); 2021, c. 39, Sched. 2, s. 4 (1, 2); 2023, c. 4, Sched. 1, s. 69 (1). (3) Repealed: 2020, c. 13, Sched. 1, s. 1 (6). Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, section 1 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection: (See: 2023, c. 19, s. 1 (5)) Regulations re: Service Organization being health service provider (3) The regulations may provide that the Service Organization is deemed not to be a health service provider or to have been funded by the Agency under section 21 for the purposes of any provision of this Act or its regulations or any other Act or regulations. 2023, c. 19, s. 1 (5). Local health integration networks, certain services (4) Where provided for in the regulations, a local health integration network is deemed to be a health service provider, and to have been funded by the Agency under section 21, for the purposes of this Act and its regulations and any other Act or regulations, subject to any prescribed exceptions, and unless the context requires otherwise. 2020, c. 13, Sched. 1, s. 1 (7). Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, subsection 1 (4) of the Act is repealed. (See: 2020, c. 13, Sched. 1, s. 1 (8)) Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2019, c. 5, Sched. 1, s. 49 (1, 2) - no effect - see 2023, c. 4, Sched. 1, s. 69 (5) - 18/05/2023 2020, c. 13, Sched. 1, s. 1 (1, 5-7) - 01/05/2022; 2020, c. 13, Sched. 1, s. 1 (2) - 31/07/2020; 2020, c. 13, Sched. 1, s. 1 (3, 4), 2 (1, 4) - 08/07/2020; 2020, c. 13, Sched. 1, s. 1 (8) - not in force 2021, c. 39, Sched. 2, s. 4 (1, 2) - 11/04/2022 2023, c. 4, Sched. 1, s. 69 (1) - 25/09/2023; 2023, c. 19, s. 1 (1-5) - not in force