California Welfare and Institutions Code 5604.5 – The local mental health board shall develop bylaws to be approved by …
The local mental health board shall develop bylaws to be approved by the governing body which shall do all of the following:
(a) Establish the specific number of members on the mental health board, consistent with subdivision (a) of Section 5604.
Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 5604.5
- County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
- director: means the Director of the State Department of Health Care Services. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 5601
- Governing body: means the county board of supervisors or boards of supervisors in the case of counties acting jointly. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 5601
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
(b) Ensure that the composition of the mental health board represents and reflects the diversity and demographics of the county as a whole, to the extent feasible.
(c) Establish that a quorum be one person more than one-half of the appointed members.
(d) Establish that the chairperson of the mental health board be in consultation with the local mental health director.
(e) Establish that there may be an executive committee of the mental health board.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 460, Sec. 6. (AB 1352) Effective January 1, 2020.)