Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)
John M. Colmers
MSA SC 3520-14656
Biography:
Born in Stamford, Connecticut,
September 26, 1953. The Johns Hopkins University, B.S. (political
science & psychology), 1975; University of North Carolina, M.P.H.
(health administration), 1977.
Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene, March 6, 2007 to January 11, 2011. Acting Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene, January 17, 2007 to March 6, 2007.
Member,
Task Force on Minority Participation in the Environmental Community,
2007. Chair, Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement,
2007-08. Member, Task Force to Study the Developmental Disabilities
Administration Rate-Payment Systems, 2007-08; Task Force to Study
Group-Home Education and Placement Practices, 2007-08; Maryland
Advisory Council for New Americans, 2007-08; Task Force to Study the
Feasibility of Developing Urban Senior Care Communities in Baltimore
City, 2007-08; Task Force to Study State Assistance to Veterans,
2007-08; Advisory Committee on the Management and Protection of the
State's Water Resources (2005), 2007-08; Task Force to Study Issues
Related to Students Subject to Multiple Suspensions, 2008; Statewide
Empowerment Zones for Seniors Commission, 2007-09; Delinquency
Prevention and Diversion Services Task Force, 2007-09.
Member,
Governor's Executive Council, 2007-11; Children's Cabinet, 2007-11;
Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2010-11. Chair, State Children's Environmental
Health and Protection Advisory Council, 2007-11; Mental Health
Transformation Working Group, 2007-11. Member, Interagency Committee on
Aging Services, 2007-11; Governor's Intergovernmental Commission for
Agriculture, 2007-11; Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural
Development Assistance Board, 2007-11; Appalachian States Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Commission, 2007-11; Asbestos Oversight Committee,
2007-11; State Child Fatality Review Team, 2007-11; Interagency
Disabilities Board, 2007-11; State Emergency Medical Services Board,
2007-11; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable
Communities, 2007-11; Governor's Family Violence Council (formerly
Governor's Council on Family Violence Prevention), 2007-11; Governor's
Commission on Hispanic Affairs, 2007-11; Governor's Interagency Council
on Homelessness, 2007-11; State Coordinating Committee for Human
Services Transportation, 2007-11; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee
for Minority Affairs, 2007-11; Oversight Committee on Quality of Care
in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities, 2007-11; Pesticide
Advisory Committee, 2007-11; Rural Maryland Council, 2007-11; Maryland
School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council, 2007-11; Task Force
to Review Physician Shortages in Rural Areas, 2008-09; Advisory Council
on Prescription Drug Monitoring, 2008-10; Task Force to Study the
Procurement of Health and Social Services by State Agencies, 2008-10.
Board of Directors, Maryland Health Insurance Plan, 2008-11.
Vice-Chair, Maryland Health Quality and Cost Council, 2008-11. Member,
Commission to Study the Impact of Immigrants in Maryland, 2008-11; Task
Force to Study Financial Matters Relating to Long-Term Care Facilities,
2008-11; Veterans Behavioral Health Advisory Board, 2008-11. Chair,
Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2008-11 (member,
2007-11). Member, Swine Flu Medical Advisory Board, 2009-10; Task Force
on Prisoner Re-entry, 2009-11; Maryland Commission on Suicide
Prevention, 2009-11. Co-Chair, Maryland Health Care Reform Coordinating
Council, 2010. Member, Maryland Communities for a Lifetime Commission,
2010-11; Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, 2010-11; Health and Human
Services Referral Board, 2010-11; Task Force to Study the Procurement
of Health, Education, and Social Services by State Agencies, 2010-11;
Sexual Offender Advisory Board, 2010-11; Governor’s Warrior to Worker
Council, 2010-11. Member, Joint Legislative and Executive Committee on
Health Benefit Exchange Financing, 2012.
Executive Director,
State Health Services Cost Review Commission, 1987-93 (chief,
methodology dept., and deputy director, 1981-87). Executive Director,
Maryland Health Care Access and Cost Commission, 1993-99. Executive
Director, Maryland Health Care Commission, 1999-2000. Chair, State
Health Services Cost Review Commission, 2011-.Recipient, Speaker's Medallion, 2013.
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