(a) There is established an advisory committee to the Office of the Healthcare Advocate which shall meet four times a year with the Healthcare Advocate and the staff of the Office of the Healthcare Advocate to review and assess the performance of the Office of the Healthcare Advocate. The advisory committee shall consist of six members appointed one each by the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the House of Representatives. Each member of the advisory committee shall serve a term of five years and may be reappointed at the conclusion of that term. All initial appointments to the advisory committee shall be made not later than March 1, 2000.

(b) The advisory committee shall make an annual evaluation of the effectiveness of the Office of the Healthcare Advocate and shall submit the evaluation to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and insurance not later than April first of each year commencing February 1, 2001.

(P.A. 99-284, S. 10; P.A. 05-15, S. 1; 05-102, S. 16; P.A. 10-32, S. 124.)

History: P.A. 05-15 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute “April first” for “February first”; P.A. 05-102 renamed the Office of Managed Care Ombudsman the Office of the Healthcare Advocate and made conforming changes; P.A. 10-32 made technical changes, effective May 10, 2010.