Summary

This bill adds a prohibition to The Provincial Health Authority Act that prevents the Saskatchewan Health Authority from contracting with a third party to create a system where employees can anonymously report wrongdoing by other employees. The prohibition would take effect when the bill receives Royal Assent.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority currently has the legal ability to hire an outside company to run an anonymous reporting system where health workers could report concerns about colleagues' conduct without identifying themselves. This bill would remove that ability by adding a specific prohibition to the Provincial Health Authority Act. If passed, the health authority would be barred from entering into contracts with third parties for this purpose. The bill does not define what types of employee conduct would be covered by such reporting systems, nor does it address whether the health authority could operate a non-anonymous reporting system or an anonymous system run internally rather than by a third party. The prohibition would apply from the moment the bill receives Royal Assent.