1. A mental health and developmental disabilities commission is created as the state policy-making body for the provision of services to persons with mental illness, mental retardation or other developmental disabilities, or brain injury. The commission shall consist of fifteen members appointed to three-year staggered terms by the governor and subject to confirmation by the senate. Commission members shall be appointed on the basis of interest and experience in the fields of mental health, mental retardation or other developmental disabilities, and brain injury, in a manner so that, if possible, the composition of the commission will comply with the requirements of the Community Mental Health Centers Amendments of 1975, 42 U.S.C. § 2689t(a) (1976) relative to a state mental health advisory council, and so as to ensure adequate representation from persons with disabilities and individuals knowledgeable concerning disability services. Members of the commission shall include the following persons who, at the time of appointment to the commission, are active members of the indicated groups:
a. Four members shall be members of a county board of supervisors.
b. Two members shall be members of a mental health and developmental disabilities regional planning council.
c. One member shall be either an active board member of a community mental health center or of a statewide association of persons with mental illness or of family members of persons with mental illness.
d. One member shall be either an active board member of an agency serving persons with mental retardation or of a statewide association for persons with mental retardation.
e. One member shall be an active member of a statewide organization for persons with developmental disabilities other than mental retardation.
f. One member shall be an active member of a statewide organization for persons with brain injury.
2. The three-year terms shall begin and end as provided in section 69.19. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled as provided in section 2.32. A member shall not be appointed for more than two consecutive three-year terms.
3. Members of the commission shall qualify by taking the oath of office prescribed by law for state officers. At its first meeting of each year, the commission shall organize by electing a chairperson and a vice chairperson for terms of one year. Commission members are entitled to a per diem as specified in section 7E.6 and reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in their official duties, to be paid from funds appropriated to the department.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 225B.2, 225B.3, 225B.6; C79, 81, § 225B.3; S81, § 225C.4; 81 Acts, ch 78, § 5, 20]
90 Acts, ch 1256, §39; 94 Acts, ch 1170, §14
Referred to in §135C.23, 154D.2, 227.4, 231.44
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