§ 2.2-2691. Membership; terms; quorum; meetings.
The Council shall be composed of 17 members and two ex officio members as follows: one appointee of the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services; one appointee of the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services; one appointee of the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services; one appointee of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia; and 13 nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Governor.
The 13 nonlegislative citizen members shall be citizens of the Commonwealth with appropriate and relevant knowledge and experience, representative of the various geographic regions of the Commonwealth, and comprised of: (i) two representatives of community services boards, one of whom shall be an emergency services director of a community services board and one of whom shall represent the Virginia Association of Community Services Boards; (ii) one representative each from the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, the Virginia College of Emergency Physicians, the Psychiatric Society of Virginia, the Virginia Sheriff's Association, the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, the Virginia Municipal League, and the Virginia Association of Counties, upon consideration by the Governor of the nominations, if any, submitted by each organization; (iii) one consumer of mental health services and one family member of a consumer of mental health services; (iv) one attorney licensed to practice law in Virginia; and (v) one individual licensed by a board within the purview of the Department of Health Professions to provide mental health or substance abuse services.
The Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the Secretary of Public Safety shall serve ex officio on the Council with voting privileges. Ex officio members of the Council shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. The Office of the Attorney General shall receive notice of each Council meeting.
After the initial staggering of terms, each non ex officio member shall be appointed for a term of three years. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. All members may be reappointed.
The Secretary of Health and Human Resources shall chair the Council and the Council shall elect a vice-chairman from among its membership. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Council shall be held regularly at the call of the chairman or his designee.
(2005, c. 81.)
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