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Boards and Commissions
Last Update: 10/28/2019
Commission on Infant Mortality
Status
Current
Type of Board
Permanent
Authority
R.C. 3701.68
Total Membership
18
Dates of Appointment
Not specified
Term Length
Not specified
Ending Date of Term
Not specified
Report Requirements
Not later than 9/19/15, must submit a report to Governor and General Assembly.
Chairperson
Speaker and President must appoint two members to serve as co-chairpersons
Subject To Sunset Review
No
Full-time
No
Restriction on Partisan Affiliation
No
Senate Confirmation Required
No
Expiration Date
Appointment Authority
Governor, Other, Senate President, Speaker
Membership Composition
House members, Members with other stated qualifications, Senate members, Statewide elected officials/department heads
Compensation
No Compensation
Staff Assistance
LSC
Additional Information
President and Speaker determine responsibilities of the Commission after it submits its report.
Qualifications
Two members of the Senate appointed by Senate President (one from each party); two members of the house appointed by the Speaker (one from each party); the Governor or designee; Medicaid Director or designee; Director of Health or designee; Director of Developmental Disabilities or designee; Executive Director of the Commission on Minority Health or designee; Attorney General or designee; a health commissioner of a city or general health district, appointed by the Governor; a coroner, deputy coroner, or other person who conducts death scene investigations, appointed by the Governor; an individual who represents the Ohio Hospital Association, appointed by the association's president; an individual who represents the Ohio Children's Hospital Association, appointed by the association's president; two individuals who represent community-based programs that serve pregnant women or new mothers whose infants tend to be at a higher risk for infant mortality, appointed by the Governor; and two individuals who represent children's interests, one to be appointed by the Speaker and one to be appointed by the Senate President.