Santa Barbara County Municipal Code § 2-110 Compensation and expenses

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 4935, § 1, adopted Sept. 8, 2015, amended Art. XVII in its entirety, in effect repealing and reenacting said article to read as set out herein. The former Art. XVII, §§ 2-106—2-112, pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 4735, § 1, adopted Dec. 1, 2009.

There is hereby established in Santa Barbara County a body which shall be known as the Santa Barbara County Health Center Board ("HC board"). The purpose of the HC board is to act, in conjunction with the board of supervisors, as the governing board of the health care centers and of the healthcare for the homeless program operations (collectively "programs") of the County of Santa Barbara ("county") which are designated as federally qualified health centers pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 254b(e) (Health Care Centers) and which are further described in applicable policies and policy notices by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration ("HRSA") through its Bureau of Primary Health Care ("BPHC").

(Ord. No. 4935, § 1, 9-8-2015)

(a) The HC board shall consist of no less than nine but no more than twenty-five members approved by the HC board. All members of the HC board shall be residents of Santa Barbara County and lawful citizens of the United States. No HC board member shall be an employee of the county public health department, or a spouse or child, parent, brother or sister, or related by blood, marriage or adoption, to such an employee of the county public health department. However, a member may be an employee of the county. No members shall have a financial interest which would constitute a conflict of interest.

(1) Consumer Members. A majority, at least fifty-one percent, of the HC board members must be individuals who are served by the county programs as their principal source of primary care and have used the program's health services within the last two years ("consumer members"). A legal guardian of a dependent child or adult, or a legal sponsor of an immigrant, may also be considered a consumer member for HC board composition purposes. Consumer members must live in the service area of the programs and must be individuals who, taken collectively, reasonably represent the programs' consumers in terms of demographic factors such as race, ethnicity, and gender. At least one consumer member has experienced homelessness or is an advocate that has expertise in working closely with people who are homeless.

(2) Community Members. The remaining HC board members shall be representative of the general community served by the programs, and shall be selected for their expertise in health care delivery, community affairs, local government, finance and banking, trade unions, and other commercial and industrial concerns, or social service agencies within the County of Santa Barbara. No more than one-half of such HC board members may be individuals who derive more than ten percent of their annual income from the health care industry.

(b) The composition of the HC board following the expiration of current HC board member terms shall be determined according to the health center board bylaws.

(Ord. No. 4935, § 1, 9-8-2015)

(a) A co-applicant agreement shall be established between the HC board and the board of supervisors delineating governance authority and responsibility of the HC board vis-à-vis the public health department's programs. The co-applicant agreement shall be in compliance with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration requirements for federally qualified health centers.

(b) The board of supervisors shall maintain the authority to set general policy on fiscal and personnel matters pertaining to the public health department's programs, including financial management practices, labor relations and conditions of employment. The HC board may not adopt any policy, employ any practice, or take any action which is inconsistent with, or which alters the scope of, the County Code, the board of supervisors' sovereign authority or any county policy regarding fiscal or personnel issues.

(Ord. No. 4935, § 1, 9-8-2015)

(a) Meetings shall be held at least monthly, within the geographic area of the county. The executive director of the public health department programs shall attend all meetings of the HC board.

(b) All meetings of the HC board, including, without limitation, regular, special, and adjourned meetings, shall be called, publicly noticed, held, and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act (commencing with Section 54950 of the California Government Code).

(Ord. No. 4935, § 1, 9-8-2015)

Members of the HC board shall serve without compensation. Travel and meal expenses when traveling out of county on HC board business shall be approved in advance by the HC board and reimbursed in accordance with county policies on compensated travel expenses.

(Ord. No. 4935, § 1, 9-8-2015)

HC board members shall be subject to the same conflict of interest rules and reporting requirements which are applicable to the board of supervisors and otherwise required by law.

(Ord. No. 4935, § 1, 9-8-2015)