06 AM 28
0709
ADOPTED
SENATE
Senator
Meyer von Bremen of the 12th offered the following amendment:
Amend
the Senate Insurance and Labor Committee substitute to HB 1372 (LC 28 3060S) by
inserting after "To"
on line 1 on page
1 "amend Code Section 31-5A-3 of the
Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers, functions, and duties of
the Board of Community Health, so as to add additional members to the board for
certain purposes; to".
By
redesignating Sections 1 through 13 as Sections 2 through 14, respectively, and
by inserting after line 7 on page 1 the following:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 31-5A-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers,
functions, and duties of the Board of Community Health, is amended by striking
subsections (a) and (b) and inserting in lieu thereof new subsections (a) and
(b) to read as follows:
"(a)
There is created the Board of Community Health which shall establish the general
policy to be followed by the Department of Community Health. The powers,
functions, and duties of the Board of Medical Assistance as they existed on June
30, 1999, with regard to the Department of Medical Assistance, and the powers,
functions, and duties of the State Personnel Board as they existed on June 30,
1999, with regard to the state health benefit plan, are transferred to the Board
of Community Health effective July 1, 1999. The board shall consist of nine
members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.
In addition to
the nine regular members of the board, the Governor shall appoint, subject to
confirmation by the Senate, two additional members who receive health benefits
from the State Health Benefit Plan, one of whom shall also be a member of the
Teachers Retirement System of Georgia. Such additional members shall have the
right to attend meetings of the board and to vote on matters before the board
concerning state health benefit plans.
(b)
The Governor shall designate the initial terms of the
nine
regular members of the board as follows:
three members shall be appointed for one year; three members shall be appointed
for two years; and three members shall be appointed for three years.
Thereafter, all succeeding appointments shall be for three-year terms from the
expiration of the previous term.
The Governor
shall also designate the initial terms of the two additional members appointed
pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, one of whom shall have an
initial term of two years and one of whom shall have an initial term of three
years. Thereafter, all succeeding appointments for such additional members
shall be for three-year terms from the expiration of the previous
term."