(a) The Healthy Families Advisory Board established by former Section 12693.90 of the Insurance Code is hereby renamed the Medi-Cal Childrenâs Health Advisory Panel. (b) The Medi-Cal Childrenâs Health Advisory Panel shall be an independent, statewide advisory board that shall advise the State Department of Health Care Services on matters relevant to all children enrolled in Medi-Cal and their families, including, but not limited to, emerging trends in the care of children, quality measurements, communications between the State Department of Health Care Services and Medi-Cal families, provider network issues, and Medi-Cal enrollment issues. (c) The membership of the advisory panel shall be composed of the following 15 members: (1) One member who is a licensed, practicing dentist. (2) One physician and surgeon who is board certified in the area of family practice medicine. (3) One physician and surgeon who is board certified in pediatrics. (4) One representative from a licensed nonprofit primary care clinic. (5) One representative from the mental health provider community. (6) One representative of the substance abuse provider community. (7) One representative of the county public health provider community. (8) One representative from a licensed hospital that is on the disproportionate share list maintained by the State Department of Health Care Services. (9) A current or former foster youth; an attorney, social worker, probation officer, or court appointed special advocate who currently represents one or more foster youth; a foster care service provider; or a child welfare advocate. (10) Three members, each of whom is either a Medi-Cal enrollee who has received Medi-Cal benefits or services in relation to a pregnancy, including, but not limited to, benefits or services received through the Medi-Cal Access Program, or is a parent, foster parent, relative caregiver, or legal guardian of a Medi-Cal enrollee who is 21 years of age or younger. (11) One representative from the health plan community. (12) One representative from the business community. (13) One representative from the education community. (d) The advisory panel shall elect, from among its members, its chair. In order to coordinate the activities of the advisory panel with other advisory bodies whose scope includes children enrolled in Medi-Cal, the chair shall keep apprised of relevant Medi-Cal stakeholder meetings by communicating with State Department of Health Care Services staff assisting the advisory panel. (e) The advisory panel members shall be appointed by the State Department of Health Care Services, or in the case of vacancies of three months or greater, by the chair. (f) A member of the advisory panel appointed on or after January 1, 2018, shall serve a term of three years, commencing upon the expiration of the predecessor memberâs term, except that a member appointed to fill a vacancy caused by any reason other than expiration of the predecessor memberâs term shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. (g) Members of the advisory panel appointed prior to January 1, 2018, shall, by lot, designate five members of the panel who shall end their terms on December 31, 2018, five members who shall end their terms on December 31, 2019, and five members who shall end their terms on December 31, 2020. (h) An advisory panel member may be removed by the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the chair, if the removal is determined to be necessary by the Director of Health Care Services. The chair may recommend removal of a member of the advisory panel for cause if the member obstructs the function of the advisory panel. For the purpose of this subdivision, âobstruction of the function of the advisory panelâ includes, but is not limited to, the failure of a member to attend two consecutive meetings of the advisory panel. (i) The chair shall immediately notify the State Department of Health Care Services upon the occurrence of a
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