§ 41.11 Composition of boards.\n * (a) In all local governments with a population less than one hundred\nthousand, community services boards, at the option of the local\ngovernment, shall have either nine or fifteen members appointed by the\nlocal government. In all other local governments, a community services\nboard shall have fifteen members appointed by the local government.\n Whenever practicable at least one member shall be a licensed physician\nand one member shall be a certified psychologist and otherwise at least\ntwo members shall be licensed physicians, such members to have\ndemonstrated an interest in the field of services for persons with\nmental disabilities. The other members shall represent the community\ninterest in all the problems of persons with mental disabilities and\nshall include representatives from community agencies for persons with\nmental illness, developmental disabilities, and those suffering from\nalcoholism and substance abuse. The community services board shall have\nseparate subcommittees for mental health, developmental disabilities,\nand alcoholism or, at the discretion of the local government, alcoholism\nand substance abuse. Each separate subcommittee shall have no more than\nnine members appointed by the local government, except that each\nsubcommittee for mental health shall have no more than eleven members\nappointed by the local government. Three of each such subcommittee shall\nbe members of the board. Each separate subcommittee shall be composed of\npersons who have demonstrated an interest in the field of services for\nthe particular class of mentally disabled and shall include former\npatients, parents or relatives of such persons with mental disabilities\nand community agencies serving the particular class of mentally\ndisabled, except that each subcommittee for mental health shall include\nat least two members who are or were consumers of mental health\nservices, and at least two members who are parents or relatives of\npersons with mental illness. Each separate subcommittee shall advise the\ncommunity services board and the director of community services\nregarding the exercise of all policy-making functions vested in such\nboard or director, as such functions pertain to the field of services\nfor the particular class of mentally disabled individuals represented by\nsuch subcommittee. In addition, each subcommittee for mental health\nshall be authorized to annually evaluate the local services plan, and\nshall be authorized to report on the consistency of such plan with the\nneeds of persons with serious mental illness, including children and\nadolescents with serious emotional disturbances. Any such report shall\nbe forwarded annually to the community services board and the director\nof community services and a copy shall also be sent to the commissioner\nprior to the submission of the local services plan, provided, however,\nthat the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to cities of over\na million in population.\n * NB Effective until March 31, 2027\n * (a) In all local governments with a population less than one hundred\nthousand, community services board, at the option of the local\ngovernment, shall have either nine or fifteen members appointed by the\nlocal government. In all other local governments, a community services\nboard shall have fifteen members appointed by the local government.\n Whenever practicable at least one member shall be a licensed physician\nand one member shall be a certified psychologist and otherwise at least\ntwo members shall be licensed physicians, such members to have\ndemonstrated an interest in the field of services for the mentally\ndisabled. The other members shall represent the community interest in\nall the problems of the mentally disabled and shall include\nrepresentatives from community agencies for individuals with mental\nillness, developmental disabilities, and those suffering from alcoholism\nand substance abuse. The co
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