O-7.2 - Act to modify the organization and governance of the health and social services network, in particular by abolishing the regional agencies

Section 71 Disposition versions

2015-04-01

71. Subject to the special provisions of this Act, the functions assigned to an agency by section 340 of the Act are exercised by the integrated health and social services centre or the Minister as follows:

(1)  the integrated health and social services centre must enlist the public’s participation in the management of the health and social services network and ensure that users’ rights are respected;

(2)  the integrated health and social services centre must ensure that health services and social services are provided to users safely;

(3)  the Minister is responsible for allocating budgets to institutions;

(4)  the integrated health and social services centre is responsible for granting subsidies to community organizations and financial allowances to private resources referred to in the first paragraph of section 454;

(5)  the Minister is responsible for granting the subsidies referred to in the second paragraph of section 454 of the Act to community organizations;

(6)  the integrated health and social services centre must ensure the coordination of the specific medical activities of physicians who are under an agreement referred to in section 360 or section 361.1 of the Act and the activities of the community organizations, intermediate resources and private nursing homes and community organizations referred to in section 454 of the Act and foster their cooperation with the other agents of community development;

(7)  the Minister must ensure the coordination of the activities of institutions within the same region, as well as the coordination of services between institutions of neighbouring regions;

(8)  the integrated health and social services centre must implement measures for the protection of public health and for the social protection of individuals, families and groups;

(9)  the integrated health and social services centre must ensure that the human, physical and financial resources at its disposal are economically and efficiently managed;

(10)  the integrated health and social services centre exercises the responsibilities assigned to an agency by the Act respecting pre-hospital emergency services (chapter S-6.2);

(11)  the integrated health and social services centre must ensure management accountability on the basis of province-wide targets and recognized standards of accessibility, integration, quality, effectiveness and efficiency;

(12)  the Minister is responsible for supporting institutions in the organization of their services and becoming involved with them to foster the signing of service agreements designed to meet the needs of the general public or, if no agreement is entered into, for indicating, in accordance with section 105.1 of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2), the contribution expected of each institution;

(13)  the Minister must allow the use of numerous standard agreement models in order to facilitate the making of agreements under paragraph 12;

(14)  the Minister must ensure that the mechanisms for referral and for service coordination between institutions are established and functional;

(15)  the Minister may develop information and management tools for the institutions and adapt them to the distinctive characteristics of those institutions;

(16)  the integrated health and social services centre must establish procedures and mechanisms for informing the general public and enlisting the public’s participation in the organization of services, and ascertaining their level of satisfaction with the results obtained; the integrated health and social services centre must report on the application of this paragraph in a separate section of its annual management report;

(17)  the integrated health and social services centre must develop mechanisms for the protection of users and for user rights advocacy.

2015, c. 1, s. 71.