Sec. 38a-1049. Advisory committee established. Report required by committee.
Sec. 38a-1049. Advisory committee established. Report required by committee. (a) There is established an advisory committee to the Office of Healthcare Advocate
which shall meet four times a year with the Healthcare Advocate and the staff of the
Office of the Healthcare Advocate to review and assess the performance of the Office
of the Healthcare Advocate. The advisory committee shall consist of six members appointed one each by the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House
of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the majority leader of the House
of Representatives, the minority leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the
House of Representatives. Each member of the advisory committee shall serve a term
of five years and may be reappointed at the conclusion of that term. All initial appointments to the advisory committee shall be made not later than March 1, 2000.
(b) The advisory committee shall make an annual evaluation of the effectiveness
of the Office of Healthcare Advocate and shall submit the evaluation to the Governor
and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
relating to public health and insurance not later than April first of each year commencing
February 1, 2001.
(P.A. 99-284, S. 10; P.A. 05-15, S. 1; 05-102, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 05-15 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute "April first" for "February first"; P.A. 05-102 renamed the Office
of Managed Care Ombudsman the Office of the Healthcare Advocate and made conforming changes.