§ 34-3. Membership.

The number of commission member seats granted per county is based upon the number of Medi-Cal beneficiaries within each county and shall be determined according to the following formula:

(1)

Zero (0) to twenty-five thousand (25,000) Medi-Cal beneficiaries within the county equals one (1) commission seat.

(2)

Twenty-five thousand (25,000) to forty thousand (40,000) Medi-Cal beneficiaries within the county equals two (2) commission seats.

(3)

Forty thousand (40,000) to fifty-five thousand (55,000) Medi-Cal beneficiaries within the county equals three (3) commission seats.

(4)

Fifty-five thousand (55,000) or more Medi-Cal beneficiaries within the county equals four (4) commission seats.

Any deletion of commissioners will be achieved through attrition, with a maximum of two (2) years to come into compliance.

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 a hospital representative from a Sonoma County hospital identified by the hospitals in Sonoma County (hospital representative).

(3)

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

(4)

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. 6137, § I , 11-10-2015; Ord. No. 6099, § I , 4-21-2015; Ord. No. 6043, § 1, 7-30-2013; Ord. No. 5966, § I, 2-7-2012; Ord. No. 5927, § I, 4-5-2011; Ord. No. 5849, § I, 9-1-2009.)