SERVICE
ACCOUNTABILITY AGREEMENT
Article 4 - Funding |
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4.1 |
Funding. The LHIN:
- will provide the funds identified in
Schedule B
to the HSP for the purpose
of providing or ensuring the provision of the Services;
- may pro-rate the funds identified in
Schedule B
to the date on which the
Agreement is signed, if that date is after April 1; and
- will deposit the funds in installments once or twice
monthly over the Term of
the Agreement, into an account designated by the HSP
provided that the
account resides at a Canadian financial institution and
is in the name of the
HSP
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4.2 |
Limitation on Payment of Funding. Despite
section 4.1, the LHIN:
- will not provide any funds to the HSP until the
Agreement is fully executed;
- will not provide any funds to the HSP until the HSP
meets the insurance requirements described in section
11.4;
- will not be required to continue to provide funds in
the event the HSP breaches any of its obligations under
this Agreement, until the breach is remedied to the
LHIN’s satisfaction; and
- may adjust the amount of funds it provides to the
HSP in any Funding Year
based upon the LHIN’s assessment of the information
contained in the
Reports.
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4.3 |
Appropriation. Funding under this Agreement is
conditional upon an appropriation of moneys by the
Legislature of Ontario to the MOHLTC and funding of the LHIN
by the MOHLTC pursuant to the Act. If the LHIN does not
receive its anticipated funding the LHIN will not be
obligated to make the payments required by this Agreement
and the LHIN may terminate the Agreement in accordance with
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4.4 |
Additional Funding.
- Unless the LHIN has agreed to do so in writing
through and amendment to this agreement, the
LHIN is not required to
provide additional funds to the HSP for providing
additional Services or for exceeding the requirements of
Schedule E.
- The HSP may request additional funding by submitting
a proposal to
amend its Service Plan. The HSP will abide by all
decisions of the LHIN with
respect to a proposal to amend the Service Plan and will
make whatever changes are requested or approved by the
LHIN. The Service Plan will be amended to include any
approved additional funding.
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4.5 |
Conditions of Funding
- The HSP will:
- Fulfill all obligations in the Agreement, including the Schedules;
- use the Funding only for the purpose of
providing the Services in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement;.
- spend the Funding only in accordance with the
Service Plan; and
- propose, achieve and maintain an Annual Balanced
Budget.
- "Annual Balanced Budget" means that, in each fiscal
year of the term of
this Agreement, the total expenses of the HSP are less
than or equal to the total
revenue, from all sources, of the HSP.
- The LHIN may impose such additional terms or
conditions on the use of the
Funding which it considers appropriate for the proper
expenditure and
management of the Funding.
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4.6 |
Interest.
- Funding will be placed in an interest bearing
account at a Canadian
financial institution.
- Interest Income must be used, within the fiscal year
in which it is received,
to provide the Services.
- Interest Income will be reported to the LHIN and is
subject to a year end
reconciliation. In the event that some or all of the
Interest Income is not used to provide the Services,
- the LHIN may deduct the amount equal to the
unused Interest
Income from any further Funding installments under
this or any other agreement with the HSP; and/or
- the LHIN may require the HSP to pay an amount
equal to the un
used Interest Income to the Ministry of Finance.
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4.7 |
Rebates, Credits and Refunds. The HSP:
- acknowledges that all HST and other rebates, credits
and refunds it anticipates receiving from the use of the
Funding have been incorporated in its budget;
- agrees that it will advise the LHIN if it receives
any unanticipated HST and other
rebates from the use of the Funding, or from the use of
funding received from either the LHIN or the MOHLTC in
years prior to this Agreement that was not recorded in
the year of the related expenditure;
- agrees that all HST and other rebates, credits and
refunds referred to in (ii) will
be considered Funding in
the year that the rebates are received, regardless of
the year to which the rebate relates.
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4.8 |
Procurement of Goods and Services. Subject to
any direction or guideline issued by the Management Board of
Cabinet pursuant to the Broader Public Sector Accountability
Act, 2010
- The HSP will have a written procurement policy in place that requires the
acquisition of supplies, equipment or services valued at
over $25,000 through a competitive process that ensures the
best value for funds expended and the HSP will acquire
supplies, equipment or services with the Funding through a
process that is consistent with this policy; or
- If the HSP receives $10,000,000 or more in funding from the MOHLTC and/or
the Ministry of Education and Training, Colleges and
Universities (including the Funding), the HSP will procure
goods and services purchased with the Funding in accordance
with the "Supply Chain Guideline" issued by the Ministry of
Finance as the same may be amended from time to time.
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4.9 |
Disposition. The HSP will not,
without the LHIN’s prior written consent, sell, lease or
otherwise dispose of any assets purchased with Funding, the
cost of which exceeded $25,000 at the time of purchase. |