Ontario. Health Insurance and Related Programs Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Health Insurance and Related Programs Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Health Insurance and Related Programs Division

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Health Services Division

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1994-

    History

    The Health Insurance and Program Division was created in 1994, assuming functions of the Health Insurance Division and Claims Payment Operations, as well as the Drug Programs Branch from the Office of the Deputy Minister of Health

    The Division was originally comprised of the Drug Programs Branch, the Provider Services Branch, the Registration and Claims Branch, and the Laboratory Services Branch. The Assistive Devices Branch was added in 1997.

    The Health Insurance and Related Programs Division was renamed the Health Services Division in 1999. The Health Services Division administered and managed the Operational Support Branch, the Drug Programs Branch, the Laboratories Branch, the Fraud Programs and Investigations Unit, Alternate Payment Programs, the Provider Services Branch, the Primary Care Reform Project, and the Registration and Claims Branch.

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    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Health Insurance and Related Programs Division was responsible for the administration and management of the Alternative Payment Program; eligibility for and registration in the Ontario Health Insurance Plan, as well as payments under the plan; the Assistive Devices Program; the Northern Health Travel Grant program; laboratory services, and drug programs (including the Trillium plan).

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    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Health (1972-1999)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA42

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Health controls Ontario. Health Insurance and Related Programs Division

    Dates of relationship

    1994-1999

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (1999-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA117

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care controls Ontario. Health Insurance and Related Programs Division

    Dates of relationship

    1999-

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Health Insurance Division (1972-1994)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1906

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Health Insurance Division is the predecessor of Ontario. Health Insurance and Related Programs Division

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

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    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1888

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Sources

        Government of Ontario Telephone Directories

        Kwik Indexes

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Paquet