The Florida Senate

408.003  Health Care Board; appointment of members; terms of office.--

(1)  Effective July 1, 1992, and beginning with terms starting on that date, the Health Care Board established pursuant to s. 20.42 shall be composed of 11 members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. Four members shall be providers of health care, including one physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, who shall have professional experience in an ambulatory setting, one representative of nursing homes, and two representatives of hospitals, including one representative of the for-profit hospitals and one representative of the not-for-profit hospitals. Three members shall be representatives of businesses and industries in this state, including one that has fewer than 25 employees. One member shall be a representative from the insurance industry. Three members shall be consumers, one of whom shall represent a major consumer organization. No consumer member shall currently be or in the past have been employed by or affiliated with any provider of health care services. All members of the board shall be permanent residents of the state, and at least one member shall be 60 years of age or older. The Governor shall appoint two members who are not health care providers to the board, who shall serve as alternates for a 2-year period prior to being appointed as regular voting members. An alternate member may only vote in the absence of a regular member.

(2)  Each appointment shall be for a 3-year term, except that the initial appointments of two consumers, one representative of businesses and industries, and the nursing home representative shall be for a term ending on September 30, 1993; the initial appointments of the physician, the representative of the insurance industry, one representative of hospitals, and one representative of businesses and industries shall be for a term ending on September 30, 1994; and the initial appointments of one consumer, one representative of businesses and industries, and one representative of hospitals shall be for a term ending on September 30, 1995. No member is eligible for appointment for more than two full consecutive terms. A vacancy on the board shall be filled within 60 days from the date on which the vacancy occurs, and the appointment shall be made for the remainder of the unexpired term.

History.--s. 4, ch. 92-33.