Bill 92 explained in plain English
Transparent and Accountable Health Care Act, 2023
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Transparent and Accountable Health Care Act, 2023, requires major health sector organizations and publicly-funded suppliers receiving at least $1 million in public funds annually to comply with specific transparency and accountability laws and be subject to audits by the Auditor General.
This bill, called the Transparent and Accountable Health Care Act, 2023, aims to make the funding of health care services in Ontario more transparent and accountable. It does this by applying certain accountability and transparency rules to specific organizations and suppliers that receive significant public funding. These rules include compliance with existing legislation regarding executive compensation and salary disclosures, being subject to the Ombudsman Act, and being auditable by the Auditor General of Ontario. The rules apply to organizations and suppliers that receive at least $1 million in public funds annually.
- Establishes new transparency and accountability requirements for certain health sector organizations and suppliers that receive public funds.
- Requires organizations and suppliers to comply with the Broader Public Sector Executive Compensation Act, 2014.
- Requires organizations and suppliers to comply with the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.
- Deems these organizations and suppliers as governmental organizations for the purposes of the Ombudsman Act.
- Authorizes the Auditor General of Ontario to audit any aspect of the operations of these organizations and suppliers.
- Defines 'major health sector organization' as an entity receiving at least $1 million in public funds from the Ministry of Health in a fiscal year starting on or after April 1, 2024.
- Defines 'publicly-funded supplier' as an entity receiving at least $1 million in public funds directly or indirectly from major health sector organizations or other publicly-funded suppliers in a fiscal year starting on or after April 1, 2024.
- Specifies that these requirements apply to the first fiscal year a recipient meets the funding threshold and all subsequent fiscal years.
- Allows the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations to support the Act's purpose.
- Major health sector organizations (entities receiving at least $1 million in public funds from the Ministry of Health annually).
- Publicly-funded suppliers (entities receiving at least $1 million in public funds annually from major health sector organizations or other publicly-funded suppliers).
- The Ministry of Health.
- The Auditor General of Ontario.
- The Ombudsman of Ontario.
- Major health sector organizations and publicly-funded suppliers must comply with the Broader Public Sector Executive Compensation Act, 2014.
- Major health sector organizations and publicly-funded suppliers must comply with the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.
- Major health sector organizations and publicly-funded suppliers are subject to investigation by the Ombudsman.
- The Auditor General of Ontario has the authority to audit any aspect of the operations of major health sector organizations and publicly-funded suppliers.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The requirements for major health sector organizations and publicly-funded suppliers apply to fiscal years beginning on or after April 1, 2024.
- Organizations and suppliers are defined based on receiving at least $1 million in public funds annually.
- The bill text does not specify penalties for non-compliance with the Act or the applied legislation.
- The exact scope of 'other funding arrangements' for public funds is not detailed.
- The bill does not define 'major health sector organizations' or 'publicly-funded suppliers' beyond the monetary threshold and source of funds.
Major health sector organizations and publicly-funded suppliers that are not already designated employers under this Act will be deemed designated employers for its purposes.
Source: Section 5
Major health sector organizations and publicly-funded suppliers that are not already governmental organizations will be deemed governmental organizations for the purposes of this Act.
Source: Section 6
Major health sector organizations and publicly-funded suppliers that are not already employers under this Act will be deemed employers for its purposes.
Source: Section 7
The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations considered necessary or advisable to carry out the intent and purpose of the Act.
Source: Section 9
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