The CIHR Act is the legislation that establishes the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (June 7, 2000) as a Departmental Corporation and separate employer listed in Schedule II of the Financial Administration Act. As an arm's-length agency of government, CIHR is accountable to Parliament through the Minister of Health.

The legislation (Bill C-13) affirms CIHR as the instrument by which the government seeks to "transform health research in Canada". The CIHR Act outlines a framework for the organizational establishment of the corporation, its governance infrastructure, responsibilities of the President and Governing Council and establishment of the CIHR Institutes.

BILL C-13