As outlined in Operation Health Protection - An Action Plan to Prevent Threats to our Health and to Promote a Healthy Ontario, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) is committed to the establishment of a Health Protection and Promotion Agency (Agency) by 2006-2007. An Agency Implementation Task Force will be struck to provide advice to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care on the design, development and implementation of the Agency.

The Task Force will advise the MOHLTC on the design, development and implementation of the Agency. This advice will centre on a number of areas such as validation of core activities, organizational and functional operations, development of an implementation plan, relationships with other public health organizations, as well as capital and ongoing operating budget requirements.

The responsibilities of the Agency Implementation Task Force will be to :

• Validate the Agency's proposed mandate, key functional areas, structure, governance and oversight.
• Recommend operational public health responsibilities for the Agency, and delineate its role and responsibilities in relation to those of the MOHLTC and academia and the broader public health system, the Federal Public Health Agency and its collaborating centres, etc.
• Recommend a comprehensive three-year implementation plan for the Agency (including infrastructure, financial requirements, human resources, transition, arrangements, etc.).

The Task Force may wish to establish sub-committees and/or undertake consultations with Ontario health care providers and other stakeholders in developing its recommendations.

The Chief Medical Officer of Health will appoint the Co-Chairs and the members of the Task Force.

The Co-Chairs will be professionals with recognized public health expertise and experience in the provision of strategic advice. Membership will include provincial and national experts representing the proposed functional areas of the Agency (e.g., research, laboratory, infectious diseases, health promotion, chronic disease and injury prevention, etc.) as well as a member with financial expertise.

Through the Co-Chairs, the Task Force will report to the Chief Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Deputy Minister of the Public Health Division. An ad hoc intra-Ministerial Committee will be established to liaise with this committee.

The task force will be supported by staff from the Strategic Planning and Implementation Branch (SPIB) of the Public Health Division of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

Task Force members shall be appointed for a term of one year. This term may be extended, upon the needs of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

The Task Force will complete its work over a one-year period, recognizing that the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is committed to the establishment of the Agency in 2006.

The Task Force will present interim recommendations to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care in the Summer of 2005. A Final Report will be presented in the Fall of 2005.

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