Section 4. (a) There shall be a mobile integrated health advisory council, which shall assist and support the department in carrying out this chapter by planning, guiding and coordinating the components of mobile integrated health services.

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(b) The advisory council shall consist of the director of healthcare safety and quality or a designee, who shall serve as a non-voting chair, and 18 members who shall be appointed by the commissioner and who shall reflect a broad distribution of diverse perspectives on mobile integrated health care, including appointees or their designees from the following groups: the division of medical assistance; the Massachusetts Hospital Association, Inc.; the Massachusetts Council of Community Hospitals, Inc.; a for-profit hospital system that is not a member of another hospital advocacy group; the Massachusetts Senior Care Association, Inc.; the Massachusetts Medical Society; the Massachusetts chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians; the Massachusetts Nurses Association; the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts, Inc.; the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts; the Fire Chiefs’ Association of Massachusetts, Inc.; the International Association of EMTs and Paramedics; the Massachusetts Ambulance Association, Incorporated; the Hospice & Palliative Care Federation of Massachusetts, Inco*.; the Association for Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.; and 3 members representing payors, including 1 representative of the health care organization providing services to MassHealth members under sections 9D and 9F of chapter 118E.