(a) The Advisory Board shall be limited to twenty-one (21) members.
(b) The Board of Supervisors shall appoint twenty (20) members from the general public, consisting of four (4) members per supervisorial district and the Board of Supervisors will designate a Supervisor for the 21st seat. The supervisorial appointees from each district shall consist of one member each from the following categories:
(1) Mental Health Consumer: an individual who is a consumer of mental health treatment services.
(2) Family Member: parents, spouses, siblings, or adult children of consumers of mental health services.
(3) Substance Use Recovery: an individual in recovery from a substance use disorder and who has been a consumer of services related to their disorder.
(4) Community Member: an individual with experience and knowledge of the behavioral health system and needs in the County, such as an individual who regularly engages with individuals living with mental illness in the course of daily operations, such as representatives of local schools, hospitals, health care providers, law enforcement, or community and nonprofit organizations that work with these populations.
(c) Members should have experience and knowledge of the behavioral health system and should reflect the diversity and demographics of the county as a whole, and the diversity of the client population, to the extent feasible.
(d) The Advisory Board may recommend persons for appointment.
(Added by Ord. No. 10361 (N.S.), effective 1-1-15; amended by Ord. No. 10760 (N.S.), effective 12-16-21)