2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 46 Public welfare and assistance :: RS 46:2613 Members; meetings; final report

§2613.  Members; meetings; final report

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 Children and Family Services, or his designee.

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

(4)  The executive director of the Louisiana Workforce Commission, or his designee.

NOTE:  Paragraph (B)(5) eff. until July 1, 2010; remains in effect after July 1, 2010, if the House and Senate Committees on Health and Welfare do not approve the implementation plan for the office of behavioral health by that date.  See Acts 2009, No. 384, §5, eff. July 1, 2010.

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

NOTE:  Paragraph (B)(5) eff. July 1, 2010, if the implementation plan for the office of behavioral health is approved by the House and Senate Committees on Health and Welfare.  See Acts 2009, No. 384, §5.

(5)  The assistant secretary of the office of behavioral 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 Northeast Louisiana University, or his designee.

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

(21)  The director of the Ochsner Medical Foundation, or his designee.

(22)  The president of the Louisiana Managed Healthcare Association, or his designee.

(23)  The president of the Louisiana Public Health Association, or his designee.

(24)  The president of the Louisiana Health Insurance Association, or his designee.

(25)  A representative appointed from the Louisiana state office of the American Association of Retired Persons.

(26)  A representative of the Louisiana Dietetic Association.

(27)  A representative of the Louisiana Restaurant Association.

(28) The chancellor of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, or his designee.

(29)  The president of the Physical Therapy Association, or his designee.

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

C.  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.

D.  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.

E.  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, thirty days prior to the convening of the regular legislative session.  Such report shall update the legislature on the council's progress toward full implementation of services and programs in the state of Louisiana to increase prevention and management of the disease of obesity in adults and children.

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

Acts 1999, No. 1316, §2; Acts 2001, No. 616, §1; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 384, §5, eff. July 1, 2010, if the implementation plan for the office of behavioral health is approved by the House and Senate Committees on Health and Welfare.