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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-4007" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="40" subtitle_name="Office of the Correctional Ombudsman">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Board” means the Correctional Ombudsman Advisory Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Correctional Ombudsman Advisory Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The purposes of the Board are to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>provide information to the Office; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>assist the Office in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>identifying appropriate matters to investigate; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>developing processes by which complaints are submitted, reviewed, investigated, and resolved.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board shall consist of 12 members appointed by the Governor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>To the extent practicable, the Governor shall ensure that the membership of the Board includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>family members of confined individuals;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>returning citizens;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>nonsupervisory correctional officers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>members of the public with a demonstrated interest in corrections;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>individuals with backgrounds in health care and social work;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>individuals with backgrounds in mental health care and substance use disorder treatment; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>at least two individuals with experience managing a large government agency.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may not include more than three members who are current or former employees of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>No member of the Board may be currently employed by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in a supervisory capacity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>A member of the Board serves at the pleasure of the Governor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The Office shall provide staff for the Board.</text>
  </level>
</section>
