Part 1: Health Service in England: Integration, Collaboration and Other Changes Integrated Care Boards Section 20: People for whom integrated care boards have responsibility
Subsection (2) inserts section 14Z31 in the NHS Act 2006. Section 14Z31 provides that NHS England must publish rules for determining the people for whom integrated care boards have responsibility. It is expected that the basis of NHS England’s general rule for integrated care board responsibility will continue to be in relation to GP registration to ensure operational continuity. Section 14Z31(2) ensures that, at a minimum, under the rules published by NHS England, an integrated care board must be identified as responsible for a) everyone who is provided with NHS primary medical services (i.e. anyone who is, for example, registered with a GP) and b) everyone who is usually a resident in England and living in the geography of the integrated care board, even if they are not provided with NHS primary medical services. Subsection (5) defines "NHS primary medical services" for the purposes of subsection (2). Under section 14Z31(3), regulations may create exceptions to these rules. These regulations will be subject to the draft affirmative procedure.
	Subsection 20(4) provides that the Secretary of State may, with regulations, change the definition of the people for whom integrated care boards are responsible, inserting a substituted version of section 14Z31. Such regulations will be subject to the draft affirmative procedure.