San Mateo County Municipal Code Ch. 2.23 Health Commission

There is hereby created the San Mateo County Commission on Publicly Assisted Medical Care. The purpose of the Commission is to negotiate exclusive contracts with the California Medical Assistance Commission, to provide health care services authorized by state and federal law, and to arrange for the provision of health care services to qualifying individuals who lack sufficient annual income to meet the cost of health care, and whose other assets are so limited that their application towards the cost of health care would jeopardize the person or family's future minimum self-maintenance and security, pursuant to chapter 7 of part III of division IX of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(Ord. 4324, 08/15/06)

(a) The Commission shall consist of eleven (11) voting members, who shall either be legal residents of the County of San Mateo, or shall work for an employer whose primary place of business is located in the County of San Mateo.

(b) Members of the Commission should have an abiding commitment to, and interest in quality publicly assisted health care delivery systems.

(c) The eleven voting members shall include:

1. Two members of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors;

2. The County Manager or his designee;

3. A physician;

4. Four public members, including:

a. A beneficiary or representative of beneficiaries served by the Commission,

b. A representative of the senior and/or minority communities in San Mateo County,

c. A representative of the business community in San Mateo County, and

d. A public member at large;

5. A representative of San Mateo County Medical Center physicians;

6. A representative of hospitals located in San Mateo County that serve members of the Health Plan of San Mateo; and

7. A pharmacist.

(d) Commissioners shall be appointed by majority vote of the Board of Supervisors and shall serve at the pleasure thereof.

(e) Except as provided in subsection (f), all Commissioners appointed by the Board shall serve terms of office of four (4) years. At the conclusion of a term, a member may be reappointed to another term. Unless specific exception is made by the Board of Supervisors or state law, no appointed member appointed by the Board of Supervisors may serve more than three complete terms.

(Ord. 4324, 08/15/06; Ord. 4422, 05/06/08)

The Board of Supervisors declares that the individuals appointed to the San Mateo County Commission on Publicly Assisted Medical Care are intended to represent and further the interests of physicians, health care practitioners, hospitals, pharmacies, and other health care organizations and that such representation and furtherance will ultimately serve the public interest. Accordingly, the Board of Supervisors finds that for purposes of such individuals, the physicians, health care practitioners, hospital administrators, pharmacists, and other health care organizations are tantamount to and constitute the public generally within the meaning of section 87103 of the Government Code.

(Ord. 4324, 08/15/06)