§ 2-552. Membership requirements; appointment of members; terms; removal.

(a)

The council shall be composed of thirty-one (31) members from the following categories of representatives:

(1)

Health care providers;

(2)

Community based and AIDS service organizations;

(3)

Social service providers;

(4)

Mental health providers;

(5)

Local public health agencies;

(6)

Hospital or health care planning agencies;

(7)

Affected socio-economic communities, including individuals with HIV disease;

(8)

Non-elected community leaders who do not provide HIV related health care services subject to funding under the Ryan White Act;

(9)

State government;

(10)

Agencies receiving grants under Title III of the Ryan White Act;

(11)

The lead agency for Health Resources and Services Administration adult and pediatric HIV-related care demonstration project.

(b)

The Board of County Commissioners shall designate at the time of appointment which category listed in subsection (a) above each member shall represent. Appointments shall comply with the following requirements:

(1)

The Board shall appoint at least one member form each category listed in subsection (a) above, the President of the Primary Health Care Consortium of Miami-Dade County, at least one provider receiving a grant under the Special Projects of National Significance Program, and an individual designated by the grantee of Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program for Miami-Dade County.

(2)

The Board shall appoint at least six (6) individuals with HIV disease as members, and six (6) additional individuals with HIV disease as alternates. To the greatest extent possible, the gender, racial, ethnic and cultural make-up of the alternates should reflect that of the six (6) members. These alternates shall serve as non-voting members except when the chairperson certifies that a member with HIV disease is unable to serve due to the disease, in which case a designated alternate shall vote for such absent member.

(3)

The Board shall appoint no more than ten (10) individuals who personally provide or who represent entities that provide HIV related health care services subject to funding under the Ryan White Act. Of these ten (10) appointments, no more than seven (7) shall be full or part-time employees of entities that provide such services. No provider shall have more than one representative or employee as a member, except the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, which may have two (2) members.

(c)

Members shall be appointed in accordance with Sections 2-11.38 and 2-11.38.1 of the Code of Miami-Dade County.

(d)

The term of office of members shall be in accordance with Section 2-11.38.2 of the Code of Miami-Dade County. Members shall be appointed to three (3) year terms, which shall end concurrent with the last day of the county's fiscal year, except that initially nine (9) members shall be appointed to a one-year term and ten (10) members to a two-year term.

(e)

Attendance requirements for members shall be in accordance with Section 2-11.39, except that absences from meetings by members with HIV disease due to the disease shall not be counted as an absence. If a member appointed to represent a category listed in subsection (a) above loses such representative status, fails to maintain the qualifications for membership set forth in Section 2-11.38, fails to maintain attendance requirements, voluntarily resigns, or for other good cause is removed, the member shall forfeit membership on the council and the County Manager shall recommend a replacement to fill the unexpired term of such member.

(Ord. No. 92-100, § 2, 9-15-92; Ord. No. 94-206, § 1, 11-1-94)