1.    The department of health and human services shall seek appropriations and resources sufficient to ensure maintenance of the state hospital’s accreditation by the joint commission and certification by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services or by similar accrediting and certifying organizations and agencies possessing hospital standards recognized by the health care industry and accepted by the department.

2.    The department, in consultation with the state hospital, shall create a state hospital governing body and shall by rules describe the powers and duties of the governing body. The department shall compensate members not employed by the department in the amount of one hundred dollars per day and reimburse members for expenses incurred in attending meetings in the amounts provided by sections 44-08-04 and 54-06-09.

3.    The governing body must be composed of the commissioner of the department of health and human services or designee; the director of the division of behavioral health of the department or designee, who shall serve as chairman of the governing body; the state hospital superintendent; the state hospital medical director; a representative of the department’s fiscal administration division; a behavioral health consumer selected by the mental health association; and a legislator selected by the legislative management. The governing body may include other persons as appointed by the governing body.