200.560 Hemophilia Advisory Committee.

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(1)There is hereby created a Hemophilia Advisory Committee for the purpose of acting

in an advisory capacity to the Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs

regarding the hemophilia treatment program. The committee shall consist of nine

(9)members. The executive director of the Office for Children with Special Health

Care Needs shall be an ex officio member. The other eight

(8)members of the

committee shall be appointed by the Governor and shall hold office for a term of

four

(4)years and until their successors are appointed and qualify, except that of

those members initially appointed the terms shall be as follows: two

(2)members

shall be appointed for one

(1)year, two

(2)for two

(2)years, two

(2)for three

years, and two

(2)for four

(4)years. Appointments shall be made one

(1)from a list

of three

(3)nominees submitted by the following organizations: the Kentuckiana

Chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation, the Kentucky Medical

Association, the Kentucky Pharmacists Association, and the Kentucky Hospital

Association. The other four

(4)appointive members shall be citizens residing within

the Commonwealth who are hemophiliacs, parents of hemophiliacs, or health care

providers interested in hemophilia.

(2)Each appointive member of the committee shall serve without compensation but

shall be entitled to reimbursement for his actual and necessary expenses in carrying

out his duties.

(3)Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as original

appointments, maintaining representations as set out in subsection

(1)of this

section.

(4)The committee shall elect a chairman, vice chairman, and secretary from among its

members at its first regular meeting in each fiscal year and shall adopt rules

governing its proceedings. The committee shall hold a meeting at least once every

three

(3)months and such other special or regular meetings as may be desired.