2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 46:2618 — Members; meetings; reports; assistance

§2618.  Members; meetings; reports; assistance

A.  The council shall convene for its first meeting no later than August thirty-first in each state fiscal year. At the first meeting each year the chairman and vice chairman of the council shall be appointed by the secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals with the consultation and approval of the council. The council may adopt such rules of procedure as are necessary to facilitate orderly conduct of its business.

B.  The council shall be composed of the following members:

(1)  The secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals, or his designee.

(2)  The secretary of the Department of Social Services, or his designee.

(3)  The state superintendent of education, or his designee.

(4)  The secretary of the Department of Labor, or his designee.

(5)  The assistant secretary of the office of mental health in the Department of Health and Hospitals, or his designee.

(6)  The assistant secretary of the office of public health in the Department of Health and Hospitals, or his designee.

(7)  A representative of the office of the governor, to be appointed by the governor.

(8)  A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives.

(9)  A member of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate.

(10)  Two representatives of the public-at-large to be selected from a list submitted by the council members to the secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals.

(11)  The president of the Louisiana State Medical Society, or his designee.

(12)  The president of the Louisiana Medical Association, or his designee.

(13)  The president of the Louisiana State Nurses Association, or his designee.

(14)  The president of the Louisiana Pharmacists Association, or his designee.

(15)  The president of the Louisiana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, or his designee.

(16)  The chancellor of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, or his designee.

(17)  The chancellor of Tulane Medical School, or his designee.

(18)  The president of Southern University Agricultural and Mechanical College, or his designee.

(19)  The president of University of Louisiana at Monroe, or his designee.

(20)  The president of Xavier University, or his designee.

(21)  The director of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, or his designee.

(22)  A representative of the Louisiana Dietetic Association.

(23)  A representative of the Louisiana Restaurant Association.

(24)  A member appointed by the commissioner of insurance.

(25)  A representative of the Louisiana Diabetes Advisory Council.

(26)  A representative of the American Diabetes Association.

(27)  A representative of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

(28)  A representative of the Independent Pharmacy Association.

(29)  A representative of the Diabetes Center of the Baton Rouge General Medical Center.

(30)  A representative of the Louisiana Primary Care Association.

(31)  The director of the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana, or his designee.

C.  Each appointment pursuant to R.S. 46:2618(B) shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation and shall serve terms concurrent with the governor.  A vacancy in such membership of the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

D.  All members shall serve without compensation.  All council members shall receive reimbursement for travel related to council business, to be paid out of funds appropriated to the council for such purpose.

E.  The council shall meet at least quarterly.  Meetings shall also be held on call of the chairman or at the request of at least three members of the council.  Presence of a majority of the members of the council shall constitute a quorum.

F.  The council shall submit an annual report, including proposed legislation if necessary, to the governor and to the House and Senate health and welfare committees, at least thirty days prior to the regular legislative session.

G.  All departments, boards, agencies, officers, and institutions of the state and all political subdivisions thereof shall cooperate with the council in carrying out its purposes pursuant to this Chapter.

Acts 2004, No. 726, §2, eff. July 1, 2004.