As Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Elliott sponsored "The People's Health Care Act" which, in addition to repealing the "Lung Health Act", enacted the "Connecting Care Act" to create a new Crown agency titled Ontario Health intended to merge the 14 Local Health Integration Network and several crown agencies such as Cancer Care Ontario, the Gift of Life Network, eHealth Ontario, HealthForceOntario, and provide the ability for the Minister to create Integrated Care Delivery Systems (or Health Teams) to deliver health care services.