§ 3-3-2503. MEMBERSHIP.

(a)

Composition; appointment of members.

(1)

The Council shall consist of the following:

(i)

As nonvoting ex officio members, the following individuals or their designees:

1.

The Health Officer for the county;

2.

A representative of a state inpatient facility that serves the county, appointed as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph;

3.

The Chief of the Bureau of Behavioral Health; and

4.

The Director of the Core Service Agency or Local Behavioral Health Authority, if any; and

(ii)

As voting members and representative of the county's major socio-economic and ethnic groups:

1.

The County Executive shall appoint at least 5, but not more than 7, representatives selected from among the following:

A.

The Office of the County Executive;

B.

The Chair of the County Board of Education, or the Chair's designee;

C.

The Director of the County's Department of Social Services, or the Director's designee;

D.

Practicing physicians;

E.

Behavioral health professionals who are not physicians;

F.

The clergy;

G.

The county legal profession;

H.

The county Chief of Police, or the Chief's designee;

I.

A county general hospital that contains an inpatient behavioral health unit;

J.

The Director of the County Department of Aging, or the Director's designee;

K.

The Regional Director of the Department of Juvenile Services, or the Director's designee;

L.

The county Fire Chief, or the Fire Chief's designee; and

M.

A community rehabilitation or housing program that operates in the county; and

2.

The County Executive shall appoint members, selected from among the following groups or organizations, and as provided in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph:

A.

At least 2 individuals who are currently receiving or who have in the past received behavioral health services;

B.

Parents or other relatives of adults with behavioral health disorders;

C.

Parents or other relatives of children or adolescents with emotional, behavioral, or mental disorders the onset of which occurred during childhood or adolescence;

D.

A county behavioral health association, if any; and

E.

A member of the general public.

3.

The Chair of the County Council shall appoint one member of the general public.

(iii)

At least one-half of the voting members shall be appointed from among the individuals listed in paragraph (1)(ii)2A through C of this subsection.

(iv)

The County Executive may appoint any additional non-voting members to the Council as necessary to advise and advocate about behavioral health issues.

( Bill No. 87-18 , § 1, 12-2-2018)