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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-3702" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="37" subtitle_name="Community Health Workers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a State Community Health Worker Advisory Committee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Advisory Committee consists of the following members:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary of Health, or the Secretary’s designee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The following members appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Nine community health workers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>One registered nurse with experience in community health;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>One licensed social worker with experience in community health;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>One representative of a community health worker training organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>One representative of the Maryland Public Health Association;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>One representative of a community–based employer of community health workers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>One member of the public who is familiar with the services of community health workers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>One representative of the Maryland Association of County Health Officers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>One representative of the Maryland Hospital Association; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>One representative of the Community Behavioral Health Association of Maryland.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each Advisory Committee member must be a resident of the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of an appointed member is 4 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The terms of the appointed members are staggered as required by the terms provided for the appointed members of the Advisory Committee on October 1, 2018.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of a term, an appointed member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>An appointed member may not serve more than two consecutive full terms.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>To the extent practicable, the Governor shall fill any vacancy on the Advisory Committee within 60 days after the date of the vacancy.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Governor may remove an appointed member for incompetence, misconduct, incapacity, or neglect of duty.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On the recommendation of the Secretary, the Governor may remove an appointed member whom the Secretary finds to have been absent from two successive Advisory Committee meetings without adequate reason.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
