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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-2106" 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>A majority of the full authorized membership of the Commission is a quorum.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The decision of the Commission shall be by a majority of the quorum present and voting.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commission shall meet at least six times a year, at the times and places that it determines.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A member of the Commission is entitled to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Compensation in accordance with the State budget; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission may employ a staff in accordance with the State budget.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commission, in consultation with the Secretary, shall determine the appropriate job classifications and grades for all staff.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commission, in consultation with the Secretary, may set the compensation of a Commission employee in a position that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is unique to the Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Requires specific skills or experience to perform the duties of the position; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Does not require the employee to perform functions that are comparable to functions performed in other units of the Executive Branch of State government.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Secretary of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Commission, shall determine the positions for which the Commission may set compensation under paragraph (3) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
