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The Advisory Board shall act in an advisory capacity only to the Board of Supervisors, the Chief Administrative Officer, the Director of HHSA and the Director of BHS. It is not empowered by ordinance, establishing authority or policy to render a decision of any kind on behalf of the County or its appointed or elected officials.
(Added by Ord. No. 10361 (N.S.), effective 1-1-15)
(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)
(a) Each member nominated by each Supervisor shall serve a term of three years.
(b) If a member's term will extend beyond the end of the term of the nominating Supervisor, the member shall remain in the position for the remainder of the member's term unless a new member is nominated for the position by the re-elected or newly-elected Supervisor of the nominating supervisorial district and appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
(c) No member shall serve more than three consecutive terms.
(d) Members shall serve their terms at the pleasure of the appointing Supervisor.
(e) Vacancies shall be filled in accordance with Section 881.5. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of the member being replaced.
(Added by Ord. No. 10361 (N.S.), effective 1-1-15)
A vacancy shall occur as a result of any of the following events before the expiration of the term:
(a) If a member has three unexcused absences in a calendar year, such member shall be ineligible to remain as an Advisory Board member.
(b) The death of a member;
(c) The resignation of a member.
Any member whose term has expired hereunder may, at the discretion of the Behavioral Health Director and concurrence of the member, continue to discharge the duties as a member until a successor has been appointed hereunder.
(Added by Ord. No. 10361 (N.S.), effective 1-1-15)
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), no member of the Advisory Board or the member's spouse shall be a full-time or part-time employee of BHS, an employee of the California Department of Health Care Services, or an employee of, or a paid member of the governing body of a BHS contract agency.
(b) A consumer of mental health services who has obtained employment with an employer described in paragraph (a) and who holds a position in which the consumer does not have any interest, influence, or authority over any financial or contractual matter concerning the employer may be appointed to the Advisory Board. The member shall abstain from voting on any financial or contractual issue concerning the member's employer that may come before the Advisory Board.
(c) No member of the Advisory Board shall be an employee, officer, or serve in an official advisory capacity on either a compensated or non-compensated basis to a program that seeks or possesses a license pursuant to Chapter 9 of the California Health and Safety Code (commencing with Section 11836).
(d) Members of the Advisory Board shall abstain from voting on any issue in which the member has a financial interest as defined in Section 87103 of the California Government Code.
(Added by Ord. No. 10361 (N.S.), effective 1-1-15; amended by Ord. No. 10760 (N.S.), effective 12-16-21)
Members of the Advisory Board shall disclose to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in writing any outside employment or activity engaged in for compensation which relates to their duties or to their functions and responsibilities as an Advisory Board member. No member of the Advisory Board shall make, participate in making or in any way attempt to use her/his position as a member of an advisory board to influence a decision in which she/he knows or has reason to know that she/he has a financial interest, except in those cases where the member is appointed to represent an entity or group having a financial interest in a matter coming within the Advisory Board's area of responsibility.
No person shall be appointed to, or serve on, the Advisory Board who participates in the making of County contracts in which such person is financially interested within the terms of Government Code Section 1090 et seq. This prohibition is not applicable to persons with "remote interests" as defined in subdivision (b) of Government Code section 1091, provided that the person discloses the interest in accordance with subdivision (a) of Government Code section 1091 and the person does not influence or attempt to influence other Advisory Board members to act favorably in respect to the contract in which the person has a remote interest.
(Added by Ord. No. 10361 (N.S.), effective 1-1-15)
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