PC-000011-1

The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (the Ministry) administers the Ontario Hepatitis C Assistance Plan (OHCAP). The OHCAP program provides compensation to certain individuals who can establish that they contracted Hepatitis C through the blood system.

Under the OHCAP program, a member of the public can request an application form from the Ministry. Applicants are required to disclose, in detail, their medical history with respect to any blood transfusions they may have had during the time period covered by the program. They are also required to sign a consent form, allowing the hospital where they received treatment to disclose hospital records to the Ministry for the purposes of determining eligibility.

Once the Ministry receives a signed consent and other required application documents, the Ministry initiates a search for hospital records. The Ministry contacts hospitals and asks them to search for and send copies of all relevant records concerning the particular applicant to the Ministry.

Once the hospital records are received by OHCAP, the file is assigned to a Nurse Case Manager to obtain additional information through a questionnaire. This additional information is particularly important if the blood records for an applicant have not been located. Once the questionnaire is completed, the file is forwarded to the OHCAP Program Adjudicator to make a determination of eligibility based on the information in the file. If an applicant is deemed eligible, compensation is paid. If an applicant is deemed ineligible, a letter of ineligibility is sent to the applicant explaining the review process and relevant time lines.

• FIPPA
• Section 42
• 2(1)

• disposal
• improper destruction
• not in compliance
• Personal Information (Definition)