The legislation calls for the health network to fall under the operational control of a new agency dubbed Santé Québec.
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé will unveil his proposed reform of the province’s health-care network on Wednesday.
Dubé tweeted on Tuesday morning that the legislation, which calls for the network to fall under the operational control of a new agency dubbed Santé Québec, will be tabled on March 29, the first anniversary of the minister’s “plan santé” aimed at radically changing how health-care services are provided in the province.
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Demain, c’est le 1er anniversaire du Plan santé. C’est avec fierté que nous déposerons notre projet de loi visant à rendre le réseau de la santé et des services sociaux plus efficace et plus humain.
On doit agir. Le statu quo n’est pas une option.@SBelangerCAQ @CarmantLionel pic.twitter.com/X4UBF4jPZ4
— Christian Dubé (@cdube_sante) March 28, 2023
“It is with pride that we table our proposed law aimed at making the health and social services network more efficient and more human,” Dubé wrote. “We must act. The status quo is not an option.”
At the beginning of the month, Dubé said the legislation would shake the existing network to its foundations and that he fully expected to encounter “more difficult moments” after it has been tabled.
Apart from creating Santé Québec, the law will impose new obligations on Quebec’s medical specialists, according to a report on the La Presse site. On Monday, the newspaper also reported that collective bargaining with the province’s health-care unions would be centralized as would the overall management of the system.
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