ontario regulation 198/25

made under the

Connecting Care Act, 2019

Made: August 28, 2025
Filed: August 29, 2025
Published on e-Laws: September 2, 2025
Published in The Ontario Gazette: September 13, 2025

Amending O. Reg. 211/21

(ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FRANCOPHONE COMMUNITY UNDER SECTION 44 OF THE ACT)

1. Sections 1 to 4 of Ontario Regulation 211/21 are revoked and the following substituted:

Purposes

1. The purposes of this Regulation are to,

(a)  specify a French language health planning entity for the purposes of clause 44 (2) (b) of the Act; and

(b)  set out the duties of the Agency for engaging and collaborating with the French language health planning entity for the purposes of section 44 of the Act.

Interpretation

2. In this Regulation,

“Centre” means the French Language Health Planning Centre specified in section 3.

Specification of French language health planning entity

3. The corporation known as the French Language Health Planning Centre in English and Centre de planification des services de santé en français in French is specified as a French language health planning entity for the purposes of clause 44 (2) (b) of the Act.

Community engagement and planning

4. (1) For the purposes of section 44 of the Act, the Agency shall engage and collaborate with the Centre, and consider any advice given by the Centre, in carrying out the Agency’s objects set out in section 6 of the Act.

Same

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Agency is required to engage and collaborate with the Centre, and consider any advice given by the Centre, in respect of the following matters:

1.  Methods of engaging with the Francophone community.

2.  The health needs and priorities of the Francophone community, including the needs and priorities of diverse groups within that community.

3.  Health services available to the Francophone community.

4.  The identification and designation of health service providers for the provision of French language health services.

5.  Strategies to improve access to, accessibility of and integration of French language health services in the health system.

6.  The incorporation of the strategies developed under paragraph 5 into the Agency’s health system plans, as appropriate.

7.  The implementation of the Agency’s health system plans, and other planning priorities of the Agency, with respect to French language health services.

8.  The planning for and integration of health services.

(3) Following consultation with the Ministry, the Agency shall enter into an agreement with the Centre about the roles and responsibilities of the Agency and the Centre.

Commencement

2. This Regulation comes into force on the later of September 1, 2025 and the day this Regulation is filed.

Made by:
Pris par :

La ministre de la Santé,

Sylvia Jones

Minister of Health

Date made: August 28, 2025
Pris le : 28 août 2025