House
File
726
H-1043
Amend
House
File
726
as
follows:
1
1.
Page
6,
by
striking
lines
30
through
32
and
inserting
2
<
commission’s
recommendation,
to
be
submitted
by
the
director
3
of
public
health
as
proposed
legislation
in
compliance
with
4
section
2.16
for
consideration
by
the
general
assembly
during
5
the
2020
legislative
session,
to
reduce
the
number
of
voting
6
members
from
nine
to
seven
members.
>
7
2.
Page
9,
after
line
5
by
inserting:
8
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DIVISION
___
9
MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE
ADVISORY
COUNCIL
10
Sec.
___.
MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE
ADVISORY
COUNCIL
——
VOTING
11
MEMBER
SUSPENSION.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
12
contrary,
if
a
representative
of
a
professional
or
business
13
entity,
a
public
member,
or
a
member
of
the
hawk-i
board
who
14
is
a
voting
member
of
the
medical
assistance
advisory
council
15
pursuant
to
section
249A.4B,
subsection
2,
is
absent
for
16
two
consecutive
meetings
of
the
medical
assistance
advisory
17
council,
the
member
shall
be
suspended
from
participation
in
18
the
deliberations
of
the
advisory
council
for
a
period
of
19
twelve
months
from
the
date
of
the
member’s
second
absence.
20
During
the
member’s
suspension
period,
the
voting
rights
of
the
21
professional
or
business
entity,
consumer
group
or
consumer
22
organization,
or
the
hawk-i
board
shall
not
be
exercised,
but
23
the
vacancy
in
voting
membership
shall
not
prohibit
the
medical
24
assistance
advisory
council
from
achieving
a
quorum.
>
25
______________________________
FRY
of
Clarke
-1-
HF726.886
(1)
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