This initiative is for the production of Yukon Health Care Insurance Plan (“YHCIP”) cards issued by the Yukon Government Department of Health and Social Services (“HSS”). The YHCIP Cards will be produced at a third-party contractor facility named Giesecke+Devrient (“G+D”), operating as Veridos, (“the Vendor”) located in Markham, Ontario, Canada. The Vendor is the service provider contracted to print the YHCIP Cards on behalf of HSS. The Vendor will only take over the physical printing (production) of the YHCIP Cards. The authority and processes by which HSS approves the issuance of YHCIP Cards to individuals will remain unchanged. The Vendor will replace the paper-based card printing technology currently used by HSS. Current security standards across North America are for laser-engraved polycarbonate YHCIP Cards, which the Vendor was contracted to produce. By partnering with the Vendor, the Yukon government aims to establish a reliable, high-security card printing service with the aim to improve the security, integrity, and overall quality of Yukon government-issued credentials.
