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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-2103" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2035 PER CHAPTER 386 OF 2024" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="21" subtitle_name="Maryland Community Health Resources Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission consists of eleven members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Of the eleven members:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>One shall be a representative of a nonprofit health maintenance organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>One shall be a representative of a nonprofit health service plan;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>One shall be a representative of a Maryland hospital;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Four shall be individuals who:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Do not have any connection with the management or policy of a community health resource, nonprofit health service plan, or nonprofit health maintenance organization; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Have a background or experience in health care;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>One shall be an individual who has a background or experience with an outpatient mental health clinic within the past 5 years; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Three shall be individuals who have a background or experience with a community health resource within the past 5 years.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At least two of the eleven members shall be health care professionals licensed in the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To the extent practicable, when appointing members to the Commission, the Governor shall assure geographic balance and promote racial and gender diversity in the Commission’s membership.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or after July 1, 2009, the term of a member is 4 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The terms of members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Commission on July 1, 2009.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of a term, a 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>A member may not serve more than two consecutive terms, except that a member appointed before July 1, 2009, may serve one additional 4–year term when the member’s current term expires.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The Governor may remove a member for neglect of duty, incompetence, or misconduct.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
