19 Establishment of integrated care boards

19  Establishment of integrated care boards

(1)     The National Health Service Act 2006 is amended as follows.

(2)     In Part 2, after Chapter A2 insert—

“Chapter A3
Integrated Care Boards

“Establishment of integrated care boards (including by re-purposing clinical commissioning groups)

14Z25 Duty to establish integrated care boards

(1)     NHS England must establish bodies called integrated care boards in accordance with this Chapter.

(2)     Each integrated care board is to be established by order made by NHS England for an area within England.

(3)     The area for which an integrated care board is established must not coincide or overlap with the area of any other integrated care board.

(4)     NHS England must ensure that, at all times on and after the appointed day, the areas of integrated care boards together cover the whole of England.

(5)     An order establishing an integrated care board must provide for the constitution of the board, either by setting out the constitution or by making provision by reference to a published document where it is set out.

(6)     In Schedule 1B—

(a)     Part 1 is about the constitution of an integrated care board (including its area);

(b)     Part 2 is about the status

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