Ch. 695                          MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                              1451

WELL-BEING OF THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND
FROM IMPROPER TREATMENT OR ADVICE, DISCRIMINATION,
VIOLATION OF PRIVACY, OR UNDUE ANXIETY RESULTANT FROM
PROGRAMS ON HEREDITARY DISORDERS, THE LEGISLATURE
FINDS IT NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION ON
HEREDITARY DISORDERS.

810.

(A)  THE COMMISSION ON HEREDITARY DISORDERS IS HEREBY
CREATED.

(B)      THE COMMISSION ON HEREDITARY DISORDERS,
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE COMMISSION, SHALL BE
COMPOSED OF ELEVEN MEMBERS. THE MEMBERS SHALL BE
APPOINTED AS PROVIDED BELOW. EACH MEMBER SHALL SERVE A
TERM OF FOUR YEARS AND UNTIL HIS SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED
AND QUALIFIED, EXCEPT THAT IN THE INITIAL APPOINTMENTS
TWO MEMBERS SHALL SERVE FOR ONE YEAR, THREE FOR TWO
YEARS, THREE FOR THREE YEARS, AND THREE FOR FOUR YEARS
AND UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE APPOINTED AND QUALIFIED.
NO MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED TO MORE THAN TWO
CONSECUTIVE FOUR YEAR TERMS. THE MEMBERS SHALL SERVE
WITHOUT COMPENSATION BUT SHALL BE REIMBURSED FOR
EXPENSES INCURRED IN CARRYING OUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES
AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

(C)  ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE A MEMBER
OF THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND SHALL BE
APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. ONE MEMBER OF
THE COMMISSION SHALL BE A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF
DELEGATES OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND SHALL BE
APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. FIVE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNOR AT HIS SOLE DISCRETION, PROVIDED THAT THESE
MEMBERS ARE NOT HEALTH PROFESSIONALS NOR INVOLVED IN
THE ADMINISTRATION OR OWNERSHIP OF ANY HEALTH CARE
INSTITUTION OR HEALTH INSURANCE ORGANIZATION, NOR THE
SPOUSE OF A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATOR, OR
OWNER. FOUR OF THE MEMBERS SHALL BE LICENSED MEDICAL
PHYSICIANS KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND
TREATMENT OF HEREDITARY DISORDERS WHO SHALL BE
APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS: ONE EACH FROM A LIST OF THREE
NAMES SUBMITTED AT LEAST THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE
DATE FOR MAKING APPOINTMENTS BY EACH OF THE FOLLOWING
BODIES: THE MONUMENTAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE;
THE MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL FACULTY OF MARYLAND; THE
FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE; AND THE FACULTY OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS. IF THE LIST IS NOT SO
SUBMITTED, THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT, AT HIS SOLE
DISCRETION, A MEMBER WHO IS A LICENSED MEDICAL [[DOCTOR
EXPERIENCED IN]] PHYSICIAN KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HEREDITARY DISORDERS.
[[TWO]] FIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, ONE OF WHOM SHALL
REPRESENT THE STATEWIDE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH PLANNING
AGENCY, SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE