Sec. 34-3. - Membership.

The commission shall be comprised of commissioners appointed by the board of supervisors of each member county. Unless and until the commission, by formal action, establishes a different formula or system of membership, commission representation for each member county shall be based on the number of Medi-Cal beneficiaries enrolled in the commission's health plan in each county according to the following formula:

(1)

0-45,000 Medi-Cal beneficiaries within the county equals one (1) commission seat.

(2)

45,001-60,000 Medi-Cal beneficiaries within the county equals two (2) commission seats.

(3)

60,001+ Medi-Cal beneficiaries within the county equals three (3) commission seats.

Any deletion of commissioners will be achieved through attrition, with a maximum of one (1) year to come into compliance.

Persons appointed to the commission by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors shall serve at the pleasure of the board.

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors shall follow its own commissioner selection criteria set forth in this section but also acknowledges that the commission encourages member counties to consider selecting commissioners from the following settings: safety net providers (including providers at federally qualified health centers), behavioral health providers, regional center providers, local education authorities, dental providers, Indian Health Service facility providers, and hospital providers with special efforts to select candidates, as opportunity allows, who reflect the diversity of the community and regions (including, but not limited to race, ethnicity, language, and disability status).

The commissioners appointed by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors shall serve at the pleasure of the board and shall be selected as follows:

(1)

One (1) member shall be a community clinic representative identified by the Redwood Community Health Coalition (clinic representative).

(2)

One (1) member shall be the Director of the Sonoma County Department of Health Services or designee (county official).

(3)

One (1) member from the community ("public representative"). The Sonoma County Department of Health Services may make recommendations based on the following criteria:

(a)

Legal resident of Sonoma County;

(b)

Knowledge of the healthcare needs of children, the aged, and disabled;

(c)

Business experience;

(d)

Political experience; and

(e)

Finance experience.

(Ord. No. 6461, § I, 1-9-2024)