Within the sixty (60) days following the approval of this act, an Administration and Medical Policy Committee shall be constituted which shall be composed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (8) of § 342a of this title and shall have the duties delegated therein.
The main duty of this Committee shall be that of facilitating direct and effective participation of these institutions in the identification, attention to and solution of their problems and situations in their interaction with the Administration and among themselves, for the purpose of attaining a more effective inter-institutional coordination and collaboration.
The members of the Administration and Medical Policy Committee shall elect from among themselves a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson at a meeting summoned to such effects. The Executive Director of the Administration shall be the Secretary of the Committee. The Chairperson of the Committee shall be an ex officio member of the Board of Participating Entities.
The Administration and Medical Policy Committee shall carry out the investigations and studies that are needed to carry out its duties, and shall perform such other duties entrusted to it.
History —June 22, 1978, No. 66, p. 203, added as § 19 on July 9, 1985, No. 99, p. 321, § 12.