Section 19A:4F - Home care program CDC workforce council(a)(1) There shall be a home care program CDC workforce council which shall be within the department, but which shall not be subject to the control of the department, to ensure the effectiveness and quality of home care programs' CDC services.(2) The CDC workforce council shall consist of 5 members to be appointed in accordance with this section. The secretary of the department, or their designee, shall be a permanent member of the council and shall serve as chair. The secretary of health and human services shall appoint 2 members representing the interests of CDC consumers and 2 members representing aging services access points that coordinate CDC services.(b)(1) Appointees to the council shall serve 3-year terms. If a vacancy occurs among the members appointed by the secretary of health and human services, a new council member shall be appointed by the secretary of health and human services to serve the remainder of the unexpired term or, if the vacancy occurs as the result of the completion of a term, to serve a full term, and such appointment shall become effective upon the member taking the appropriate oath.(2) Members of the council may serve for successive terms.(3) A majority of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business.(c) Members of the council shall not receive compensation for their council service; provided, however, that members shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19A, § 4F
Added by Acts 2023 , c. 77, § 5, eff. 12/4/2023.