There is established in the department a renal disease advisory committee to advise the department on the administration of the program, and to adjudicate appeals concerning the denial, suspension, or revocation of financial assistance.
1. The committee shall consist of thirteen members appointed by the director. Each member shall be appointed for a term of four years or until a successor is appointed and qualifies beginning July 1 of the year of appointment. The director shall fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of a term by the appointment of a person who represents the same area pursuant to subsection 2, which the person who caused the vacancy represented.
2. The committee shall consist of:
a. Two physicians representing the Iowa medical profession and who are actively involved in renal dialysis or transplantation.
b. One registered nurse representing nephrology nurses.
c. One social worker representing social workers who are actively involved in patient counseling.
d. One member representing the professional staff of the kidney foundation of Iowa.
e. Two members who are hospital administrators representing Iowa hospitals. One of the members shall represent a dialysis or transplant facility and the other member shall represent a facility that does not provide dialysis or transplant services.
f. One social security administrator representing those actively involved in patient or provider reimbursement.
g. One member representing an Iowa medicare intermediary and involved in third-party payments.
h. One member representing the end- stage renal disease network as established by federal law.
i. One member representing the insurance division of the department of commerce of the state.
j. Two members representing the consumers of health care in Iowa.
3. The committee shall meet as frequently as the director deems necessary, but not less than annually. Special meetings may be called by the director or upon written request by four of the members of the committee. The written request shall include the reason for the meeting. The committee shall elect the officers deemed necessary. A majority of the members is a quorum. The concurrence of at least the quorum is necessary for the committee to render a determination or decision. The committee members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings of the committee or for discharging their official duties at places outside their county of residence.
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 135.46; 82 Acts, ch 1074, § 2]
89 Acts, ch 83, § 26
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