1621.As of the day of amalgamation, a service provider whose services were retained by the Minister before that day under section 520.3.0.1 of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2), in particular to retain and manage, for each of the institutions referred to in section 185.1 of that Act, the information they collect under that section, is deemed to have been selected as a service provider by Santé Québec to retain and manage the information collected for the purpose of managing access to services. To that end, the agreement entered into between the Minister and the service provider before the day of amalgamation is deemed, as of that day, to have been entered into between the service provider and Santé Québec.