18A:64G-36 Establishment of consortium to advise director.

2. There is established a 17-member Consortium on Physician and Dentist Training in Health Care for Persons with Developmental Disabilities to advise the director of the program on the implementation of this act.

a. The members of the consortium shall include: one representative each from the pediatric medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, neurology and psychiatry programs at Rutgers, The State University, one representative from the New Jersey Dental School, and one representative of the University Affiliated Program, to be appointed by the President of Rutgers, The State University; the director of the Mainstreaming Medical Care program of The Arc of New Jersey, who shall serve ex officio; the Director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services, who shall serve ex officio; the Director of the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services, who shall serve ex officio; the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services or the commissioner's designee, who shall serve ex officio; three health care provider public members appointed by the Commissioner of Human Services, one each upon the recommendation of the Medical Society of New Jersey, the New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons and the New Jersey Dental Association; and three public members appointed by the Commissioner of Human Services, two of whom shall represent community organizations that advocate for persons with developmental disabilities and one of whom shall be a family member of a person with a developmental disability or a person with a developmental disability who is a self advocate.

The President of Rutgers, The State University and the Commissioner of Human Services shall make the appointments to the consortium within 60 days of the effective date of this act.

Members of the consortium shall serve for a term of three years and are eligible for reappointment, but of the members first appointed, five shall serve for a term of one year, four for a term of two years and four for a term of three years. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made.

b. Members shall serve without compensation, but the public members shall be entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and within the limits of funds appropriated to the program.

c. The consortium shall organize as soon as may be practicable after the appointment of its members. The Director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities shall serve as the chairman of the consortium. The members of the consortium shall elect a vice-chairman from among the members. All members, including ex officio members, shall be eligible to vote on all matters before the consortium. The director of the program, appointed pursuant to section 5 of this act, shall serve as secretary to the consortium.

d. The consortium shall assist the director of the program in establishing policies and procedures for the nomination and selection of physicians and dentists as program fellows. The consortium shall otherwise advise the director on the operation of the program as the director deems necessary, and as specified in this act.

L.1999, c.353, s.2; amended 2012, c.45, s.75.