<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-4303" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="43" subtitle_name="Maryland Commission on Health Equity">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission consists of the following members:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>One member of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>One member of the House of Delegates, appointed by the Speaker of the House;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Secretary of Aging, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The Secretary of Budget and Management, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The Secretary of Disabilities, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>The State Superintendent of Schools, or the State Superintendent’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>The Secretary of Housing and Community Development, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>The Secretary of Human Services, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>The Secretary of Planning, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>The Deputy Secretary for Behavioral Health, or the Deputy Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>The Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services, or the Deputy Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>The Deputy Secretary for Health Care Financing, or the Deputy Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>The Maryland Insurance Commissioner, or the Insurance Commissioner’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="15">
      <text>The Executive Director of the Health Services Cost Review Commission, or the Executive Director’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="16">
      <text>The Executive Director of the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, or the Executive Director’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="17">
      <text>The Executive Director of the Maryland Health Care Commission, or the Executive Director’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="18">
      <text>The Executive Director of the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission, or the Executive Director’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="19">
      <text>One representative of a local health department, designated by the Maryland Association of County Health Officers; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="20">
      <text>The following members, appointed by the Secretary with the advice of the Health Services Cost Review Commission:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>At least one representative of hospitals in the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>At least two individuals with experience in hospital–based population health;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>At least one representative of a federally qualified health center in the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>At least two representatives of community–based organizations;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>At least two patients from underserved communities;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>At least one representative of a managed care organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>At least one representative of a commercial health insurer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>At least two representatives of clinicians and providers who are not affiliated with a hospital or a federally qualified health center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>At least one representative from the State Rural Health Office; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>At least one representative of a tribal community in the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To the extent practicable, the members appointed to the Commission shall reflect the geographic, racial, ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity of the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A majority of the members present at a meeting shall constitute a quorum.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Commission shall determine the times, places, and frequency of its meetings.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commission shall meet at least four times each year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
