§ 20-10-804 - Home Health Care Service Agency Advisory Council -- Creation -- Members. - Arkansas Statutes

20-10-804. Home Health Care Service Agency Advisory Council -- Creation -- Members.

(a) There is established a Home Health Care Service Agency Advisory Council composed of seven (7) members.

(b) (1) (A) Five (5) members shall consist of one (1) representative each from the following types of home health care services:

(i) Freestanding nonprofit;

(ii) Freestanding proprietary;

(iii) Hospital-based;

(iv) Area agencies on aging; and

(v) The Arkansas Department of Home Health.

(B) The five (5) members shall be recommended by the Arkansas Association of Home Health Agencies.

(2) One (1) consumer member shall be recommended by the Arkansas Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons, and one (1) member shall be recommended by the Arkansas State Hospice Association.

(c) The members shall serve for staggered three-year terms.

(d) The Director of the Division of Health Care Facilities Services of the Division of Health of the Department of Health and Human Services shall serve as chair ex officio of the council.

(e) (1) The council shall meet as frequently as the chair may deem necessary to carry out the duties of the council.

(2) Upon request of a majority of the council members, the chair shall call a meeting of the council immediately.