Board of Health

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Chair of the Board of Health Verbal Report , the Medical Officer of Health Verbal Report , and the reports titled: New Official Plan – High Level Policy Directions – Presentation; Ottawa Public Health Work on Climate Change; Ottawa Public Health’s 2019/2020 Influenza Season Updates; Ottawa Public Health Submission to Health Canada on Proposed Vaping Products and Packaging Regulations; Ottawa Public Health Submission to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Proposed Food Labelling Modernization Regulatory Amendments; 2018 Annual Report and Attestation to the Ministry; 2019 Operating Budget Q2 – Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit Status Report; and Delegation of Authority – Contracts Awarded for the Period of January 1 to June 30, 2019 , be received and considered.

WHEREAS at its meeting of April 15, 2019, through the Medical Officer of Health’s Verbal Update, the Board of Health learned of the Ontario government’s proposal for the creation of Ontario Health Teams, which are intended to focus on the coordination of care for patients and on improving their defined population’s health; and AND WHEREAS at its April meeting, the Board expressed support for Ottawa Public Health’s participation in the first phase of submissions for three Ottawa area-based Ontario Health Teams and authorized the Medical Officer of Health to continue to explore these opportunities, in collaboration with local partners; AND WHEREAS at its meeting of June 17, 2019, the Board received an update from the Medical Officer of Health who indicated that Ottawa Public Health had participated in the first phase of the application process, which was the submission of a self-assessment, for three prospective local Ontario Health Teams, namely: 1. Ottawa Health Team (led by 6 Ottawa-area CHCs) 2. ‘To Be Named By Kids’ OHT (led by CHEO) 3. Ottawa East OHT (led by Montfort Hospital) AND WHEREAS at the time of the June Board meeting, Ottawa Public Health was awaiting a response from the Ministry of Health as to whether any or all of these proposed Ontario Health Teams would be invited to submit a full application and what the full application process would entail; AND WHEREAS in mid-July, the Ministry of Health announced that, of the over 150 submissions received from across th

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health approve that the meeting time be extended past 7:00 p.m. pursuant to Subsection 8.(1)(c) of the Procedural By-law.

WHEREAS errors were detected at the bottom of page 3 of the above-referenced report with respect to the percentage increases in the number of flu vaccine directly administered by OPH and the number of doses distributed to community health care providers; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Background section be amended by replacing the reference s to the increase s from the previous flu season in the doses directly administer ed by OPH from 30% to 36% and the doses distributed to community health care providers from 30% to 8%.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Chair of the Board of Health Verbal Report, the Medical Officer of Health Verbal Report, and the reports titled: New Official Plan – High Level Policy Directions – Presentation; Ottawa Public Health Work on Climate Change; Ottawa Public Health’s 2019/2020 Influenza Season Updates; Ottawa Public Health Submission to Health Canada on Proposed Vaping Products and Packaging Regulations; Ottawa Public Health Submission to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Proposed Food Labelling Modernization Regulatory Amendments; 2018 Annual Report and Attestation to the Ministry; 2019 Operating Budget Q2 – Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit Status Report; and Delegation of Authority – Contracts Awarded for the Period of January 1 to June 30, 2019 , be received and adopted.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Confirmation By-law no. 2019-5, a by-law of the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit to confirm the proceedings of the Ottawa Board of Health at its meeting of September 16, 2019, be read and passed.