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Ontario's Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission was a commission started in July 2020 to investigate the spread of COVID-19 in Long Term Care Homes in Ontario, the impact on the staff and residents and what was done to mitigate the spread. [1] It was created under section 78 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act. [2]
Employers are charged a payroll health care tax (with an exemption for small businesses), and residents of the province pay a health premium (introduced in 2004) as part of their income taxes. Similarly, Ontario publicly funds hospitals. The Ontario Health Premium (OHP) is a component of Ontario's Personal Income Tax system.
The Health Care Consent Act (HCCA) is an Ontario law concerned with the capacity to consent to treatment and admission to care facilities. (i.e., informed consent). [1] [2] As of 2 August 2023 on a date to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, the act will also apply to confining in a care facility.
The Supporting Ontario’s Recovery Act, 2020 (Bill 218, 2020; French: Loi visant à soutenir la relance en Ontario et sur les élections municipales) is a law in the province of Ontario that shielded organisations from lawsuits over their role in the spread of COVID-19 and banned city councils in the province from using ranked voting in municipal elections.
Cam Jackson served as Minister of Long-Term Care (July 27, 1998 to June 17, 1999) Ministers of Health and Long-Term Care; Elizabeth Witmer: June 17, 1999: February 7, 2001: Tony Clement: February 8, 2001: April 15, 2002: 2 years, 256 days
May 18, 2016: passage by the first Wynne government of the Health Information Protection Act 2016, S.O. 2016, c. 6 - Bill 119, to amend the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, to make related amendments, to introduce the idea of an "ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD", to repeal and replace the Quality of Care Information Protection Act ...
As of December 15, 2008, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care announced that all employees, programs and functions of the Ontario Public Health Laboratories (OPHL) had been transferred to the OAHPP. [4] In early June 2011, the OAHPP announced that it would operate under the name Public Health Ontario beginning on June 11, 2011. [5]
Ontario Health (OH; French: Santé Ontario) is a Crown agency of the Government of Ontario. Described as a " super agency ", [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Ontario Health oversees much of the administration of the Ontario healthcare system , with the stated goal of integrating services split between organizations.