MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            1031

Article 43 - Health

Section 1J(c), (e) , (i) and (k)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 1J(c), (e), (i) and (k) of
Article 43 - Health, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and they
are hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

Article 43 - Health

(c) The governing body of each county and of
Baltimore City shall establish a mental health advisory
committee and appoint the members [thereto] OF IT.
Membership shall consist of one representative each from
the local governing body, [the school board] THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, [the welfare board] THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, the practicing physicians,
the clergy, the legal profession, the mental health
association, where one exists, the local council on
alcoholism, where one exists, and at least three
additional members representing the community as a whole.
The term of office of each member [shall be for] IS three
years commencing from the first day of July of the year
of appointment except that of the members first appointed
one third shall be appointed for a term of two years and
one third for a term of one year. Members who have
served two consecutive full terms [shall] MAY not be
eligible for reappointment for a period of three years
following completion of [such] THEIR terms. The officers
of the committee shall be elected annually by the
membership and the chairmanship [shall] MAY not be held
by the same person for more than two consecutive years.
The committee [shall be] IS empowered to create internal
subcommittees and draw in additional participants as
needed. The local health officer, the regional mental
health director, and a representative of the APPROPRIATE
IMPATIENT UNIT OF THE regional mental hospital WHICH
SERVES THIS AREA shall be ex officio members of the
committee. WHENEVER THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS CONCERNED
WITH MORE THAN ONE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL CENTER OR
HOSPITAL CENTER INPATIENT OMIT, REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH
OF THESE OMITS SHALL SERVE ON A ROTATING BASIS. WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF BALTIMORE CITY, THESE ROTATING
REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
MENTAL HYGIENE. WITH RESPECT TO BALTIMORE CITY, THE
COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH OF BALTIMORE CITY MAY APPOINT ONE