The council consists of the following twenty-nine (29) members, not less than fifty percent (50%) of whom must be individuals who are not state employees or providers of mental health services:

1. (1) The director.
2. (2) The secretary of education or the secretary's designee.
3. (3) The director of the office of Medicaid policy and planning, or the secretary's designee.
4. (4) The director of the bureau of rehabilitation services or the director's designee.
5. (5) The executive director of the Indiana housing and community development authority created by IC 5-20-1-3 or the executive director's designee.
6. (6) The director of the criminal justice institute or the director's designee.
7. (7) The director of the department of child services or the director's designee.

8. (8) Twenty-two (22) individuals, at least two (2) of whom are community mental health center chief executive officers or a chief executive officer's designee, who:

   1. (A) are appointed by the secretary;
   2. (B) have a recognized knowledge of or interest in the programs administered by the division, including representatives of parents of children with serious emotional disturbances;
   3. (C) are appointed for a term of four (4) years; and

   4. (D) serve until a successor is appointed.

      [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-6-3-5(b).]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.28-2012, SEC.6; P.L.43-2021, SEC.36; P.L.207-2021, SEC.9.