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S.B. 716 VETOES
(B) THE COMMISSION IS AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION THAT FUNCTIONS
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
(B) (C) THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION IS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO
HEALTH CARE SERVICES THROUGH COMMUNITY HEALTH RESOURCES.
19-2103.
(A) (1) THE COMMISSION CONSISTS OF SEVEN NINE ELEVEN MEMBERS
APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE.
(2) OF THE SEVEN NINE ELEVEN MEMBERS, FOUR SHALL BE
INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT HAVE ANY CONNECTION WITH THE MANAGEMENT OR
POLICY OF ANY COMMUNITY HEALTH RESOURCE:
(I) ONE SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF A NONPROFIT HEALTH
MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION;
(II) ONE SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF A NONPROFIT HEALTH
SERVICE PLAN;
(III) ONE SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF A MARYLAND HOSPITAL;
(III) (IV) FOUR SHALL BE INDIVIDUALS WHO:
1. DO NOT HAVE ANY CONNECTION WITH THE
MANAGEMENT OR POLICY OF ANY COMMUNITY HEALTH RESOURCE, NONPROFIT
HEALTH SERVICE PLAN, OR NONPROFIT HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION;
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2. HAVE A BACKGROUND OR EXPERIENCE IN HEALTH CARE;
AND
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(V) ONE SHALL BE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS A BACKGROUND OR
EXPERIENCE WITH AN OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC WITHIN THE PAST 5
YEARS; AND
(IV) (VI) THREE SHALL BE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A
BACKGROUND OR EXPERIENCE WITH A COMMUNITY HEALTH RESOURCE WITHIN
THE PAST 5 YEARS.
(3) AT LEAST TWO OF THE NINE ELEVEN MEMBERS SHALL BE HEALTH
CARE PROFESSIONALS LICENSED IN THE STATE.
(B) TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, WHEN APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE
COMMISSION, THE GOVERNOR SHALL ASSURE GEOGRAPHIC BALANCE AND
PROMOTE RACIAL DIVERSITY IN THE COMMISSION'S MEMBERSHIP.
(C) THE TERM OF A MEMBER IS 4 YEARS.
19-2104.
FROM AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION:
(1) THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT A CHAIR; AND
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