Submission to the Ministry of Health on Bill - 135, Convenient Care at Home Act, 2023

Commentary Bill 135 connues the process of health system transformaon in Ontario triggered in 2019 by the Connecng Care Act, by restructuring the provision of home and community care in Ontario. [...] Providing home and community care directly through OHTs and health service providers: • Dissolve HCCSS/LHINs and transion the provision of home and community care to OHTs and client providers and re-locate all care coordinators from HCCSSs/LHINs directly into front-line care organizaons. [...] Key issues with home care in Ontario today In contrast to RNAO’s vision for the home and community care sector, home care in Ontario today is plagued by fundamental issues that compromise the care provided to people in Ontario. [...] Broadly speaking, the structural reorganizaon of the sector in Bill 135 does not, in and of itself, bolster access to or the quality of home and community care services in Ontario. [...] While not directly addressing today’s fundamental issues in the sector, we endorse the dissoluon of LHINs/HCSSs and the assignment of LHIN/HCSS care coordinators to primary care and home care to enhance access and person-centred care.