Public Accounts Committee — Centre for Heal th Information Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Assembly Honourable Ross Wiseman, MHA Public Accounts Committee ______________________________________________________________________________________ Chair: Jim Bennett, MHA Vice-Chair: David Brazil, MHA Members: Sandy Collins, MHA Eli Cross, MHA Eddie Joyce, MHA Christopher Mitchelmore, MHA Kevin Parsons, MHA Also present: Calvin Peach, MHA, Bellevue Clerk of the Committee: Elizabeth Murphy ___________________________________________________________________________________ Appearing: Office of the Auditor General Terry Paddon, Auditor General Sandra Russell, Deputy Auditor General Brad Sullivan, Audit Senior Centre for Health Information Mike Barron, President and CEO Steve Clark, Vice-President Business Services and CFO Ray Dillon, Chair of the Board Jim Janes, Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee July 18, 2013 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE Pursuant to Standing Order 68, Calvin Peach, MHA for Bellevue, substitutes for Sandy Collins, MHA for Terra Nova. The Committee met at 9:00 a.m. in the House of Assembly Chamber. MR. BRAZIL: I would like to welcome everybody as we do a hearing for the Centre for Health Information. For those who do not know, I am David Brazil, Vice-Chair of the Public Accounts Committee. Unfortunately, the Chair is on the missing list. I expect he will show up, so I will vacate the Chair then and he will take over. What we will do first is I will ask everybody to introduce themselves, particularly the members of the Committee, what district they represent, and then we will go to our witnesses and the members from the Auditor General’s office. We will start with Mr. Joyce. MR. JOYCE: Eddie Joyce, Bay of Islands. MR. MITCHELMORE: Christopher Mitchelmore, The Straits – White Bay North. MR. K. PARSONS: Kevin Parsons, Cape St. Francis. MR. PEACH: Calvin Peach, Bellevue. MR. CROSS: Eli Cross, Bonavista North. MR. BRAZIL: Okay, we w