Primary Care Act, 2025
Sponsored by Jones, Hon. Sylvia · Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2025, chapter 8
- Creates the Primary Care Act, 2025, setting Ontario's vision for publicly funded primary care
- Sets six objectives: province-wide access, connected services, convenient timing, inclusive and non-discriminatory care, empowered access to personal health information, and responsive system
- Requires the Minister to publish an annual report on progress toward these objectives, starting within one year of the Act coming into force
- Report must include the percentage of insured persons with an ongoing relationship with a primary care clinician or team
- Clarifies the Act creates no private legal right, duty of care, or fiduciary duty for any person
- States that failing to comply with the Act does not invalidate any related policy, law, regulation or decision
- Allows the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations detailing objectives, reporting information and how reports are published