Sec. 7.
(1) The state health planning council may be created in the executive office of the governor. The council shall consist of 24 voting members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The members shall be appointed from the categories set forth in subsection (2). In making the appointments, the governor shall, to the extent feasible, assure that the membership of the council will be broadly representative of the social, economic, linguistic, and racial populations, and geographic areas of this state.
(2) Eight members of the council shall be appointed from each of the following categories:
(a) Consumers of health care.
(b) Providers of health care.
(c) Purchasers or payers of health care.
(3) Four representatives of the legislature shall serve as nonvoting representatives to the council. Two shall be selected by the speaker of the house of representatives and 2 shall be selected by the majority leader of the senate.
History: 1978, Act 323, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1978 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 309, Eff. Oct. 1, 1988
Last modified: October 10, 2016