632.020. Advisory council for comprehensive psychiatric services--members, number, terms, qualifications, appointment--organization, meetings--duties.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

632.020. Advisory council for comprehensive psychiatric services--members, number, terms, qualifications, appointment--organization, meetings--duties.

Advisory council for comprehensive psychiatric services--members,number, terms, qualifications, appointment--organization,meetings--duties.

632.020. 1. The Missouri advisory council for comprehensive psychiatricservices, created by executive order of the governor on June 10, 1977, shallact as an advisory body to the division and the division director. Thecouncil shall be comprised of up to twenty-five members, the number to bedetermined under the council bylaws.

2. The members of the council shall be appointed by the director.Members shall serve for overlapping terms of three years each. The members ofthe existing council appointed under the provisions of the executive ordershall serve the remainder of their appointed terms. At the expiration of theterm of each such member, the director shall appoint an individual who shallhold office for a term of three years. Each member shall hold office until asuccessor has been appointed. Members shall have professional, research orpersonal interest in the prevention, evaluation, care, treatment andrehabilitation of persons affected by mental disorders and mental illness.The council shall include representatives from the following:

(1) Nongovernment organization or groups and state agencies concernedwith the planning, operation or use of comprehensive psychiatric services;

(2) Representatives of consumers and providers of comprehensivepsychiatric services who are familiar with the need for such services. Atleast one-half of the members shall be consumers. No more than one-fourth ofthe members shall be vendors or members of boards of directors, employees orofficers of vendors, or any of their spouses, if such vendors receive morethan fifteen hundred dollars under contract with the department; except thatmembers of boards of directors of not-for-profit corporations shall not beconsidered members of board of directors of vendors under this subsection.

3. A vacancy occurring on the council shall be filled by appointment ofthe director.

4. Meetings shall be held at least every ninety days at the call of thedivision director or the council chairman, who shall be elected by thecouncil.

5. Each member shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessaryexpenses, including travel expenses pursuant to the travel regulations foremployees of the department, actually incurred in the performance of hisofficial duties.

6. The council may be divided into subcouncils in accordance with itsbylaws. The council shall study, plan and make recommendations on theprevention, evaluation, care, treatment, rehabilitation, housing andfacilities for persons affected by mental disorders and mental illness.

7. No member of a state advisory council may participate in or seek toinfluence a decision or vote of the council if the member would be directlyinvolved with the matter or if he would derive income from it. A violation ofthe prohibition contained herein shall be grounds for a person to be removedas a member of the council by the director.

8. The council shall collaborate with the department in developing andadministering a state plan for comprehensive psychiatric services. Thecouncil shall be advisory and shall:

(1) Promote meetings and programs for the discussion of reducing thedebilitating effects of mental disorders and mental illness and disseminateinformation in cooperation with any other department, agency or entity on theprevention, evaluation, care, treatment and rehabilitation for personsaffected by mental disorders or mental illness;

(2) Study and review current prevention, evaluation, care, treatment andrehabilitation technologies and recommend appropriate preparation, training,retraining and distribution of manpower and resources in the provision ofservices to persons affected by mental disorders or mental illness throughprivate and public residential facilities, day programs and other specializedservices;

(3) Recommend what specific methods, means and procedures should beadopted to improve and upgrade the department comprehensive psychiatricservice delivery system for citizens of this state;

(4) Participate in developing and disseminating criteria and standardsto qualify comprehensive psychiatric service residential facilities, dayprograms and other specialized services in this state for funding orlicensing, or both, by the department.