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<section number="2-172" name="Mental Health Advisory Committee: Composition, Appointments, Terms of Office" law="code" slug="sec-2-172" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_2AD_DIV10COHESY_S2-172MEHEADCOCOAPTEOF">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Mental Health Advisory Committee for Prince George's County, hereinafter referred to as the "Advisory Committee," is established pursuant to Section 10-308, et seq., Health-General Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, to serve as advocate for a comprehensive mental health system for persons of all ages and shall have and exercise the powers, duties, and functions provided hereinafter.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The voting membership shall be representative of the County's major socioeconomic and ethnic groups and shall consist of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Seven (7) representatives to be selected from among the following groups or agencies:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>The County Board of Education;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>The County Department of Social Services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>The County Medical Society;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="D">
        <text>Mental health professionals who are not physicians;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="E">
        <text>Member of the clergy;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="F">
        <text>The Prince George's County Bar Association;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="G">
        <text>The Mental Health Association of Prince George's County;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="H">
        <text>The Police Department;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="I">
        <text>The Sheriff's Department;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="J">
        <text>A local general hospital that contains an inpatient psychiatric unit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="K">
        <text>A local agency working with the elderly;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="L">
        <text>The Department of Juvenile Services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="M">
        <text>A local alcohol and drug abuse agency;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="N">
        <text>A local community rehabilitation or housing program; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="O">
        <text>Members of the general public.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <text>At least two members shall be appointed from (G) and (O), above.</text>
  <level label="2">
    <text>At least seven (7), but no more than nine (9), individuals shall be selected from among the following groups or organizations:</text>
    <level label="A">
      <text>At least two (2) individuals who are currently receiving or who have in the past received mental health services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="B">
      <text>Parents or other relatives of adults with mental disorders;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="C">
      <text>Parents or other relatives of children or adolescents with emotional, behavioral, or mental disorders, the onset of which occurred during childhood or adolescence.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The nonvoting ex-officio members shall be the following individuals or their designees:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The County Executive;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A Member of the County Council;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The County Health Officer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Director of the Mental Hygiene Administration, Southern Regional Office;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A representative from at least one of the State inpatient facilities that serves the County to be appointed by the Director of the Mental Hygiene Administration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The Director of the Directorate of Mental Health of the County Health Department;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>The Director of the Core Service Agency.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The term of office of each voting member of the Advisory Committee shall be for three (3) years, commencing on the first day of July of the year of an appointment. The terms of one-third of the members shall end each year. Members who have served two (2) consecutive, full three-year terms shall not be eligible for reappointment for a period of two (2) years following completion of such terms.</text>
  </level>
</section>
