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4'+ (a) Three (3) members from each County, appointed by each County's Board of Commissioners, and will include a County Commissioner or designee, a consumer or family member, and another citizen or stakeholder; and (b) One (1) member from the Local Consumer and Family Advisory Comrnittee, either the Chair or other elected member. (4) Ea.ch Community Oversight Board's prunary responsibilities will include advising the CEO on the evaluation and hiri.ng of the Community Operations Center Executive Director; recommending priorities for expenditure of state and county funds for development of the annual budget; determining local priorities for inclusion in the overall strategic plan; identifying community needs and concerns; monitoring resolution of issues; and monitoring performance at the local level, including access to care, expenditure of service funds, number of consumers served, services delivered, provider network size and composition, outcomes, and consumer satisfaction. (5) Each Community Oversight Board will esta.blish its own bylaws based on local needs, but in compliance with standardized requirements established by the Governing Board. for quorums, frequency of ineeti.ngs, elections of officers, duties of members, committees and committee appoinhnents, and attendance standards. Such bylaws are subject to the approval of the Goveming Board. Section 4. Functions Cardinal Innovations shall perform a11 the functions necessary to carry out the purposes of this Joint Resolution, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) To establish accounta.bility for the planning, development, and management of local systems that ensure access to caze, quality of services, and the availability and delivery of necessary services, for individuals in need of inental health, intellectual and developmental disabilities, substance abuse, and related services; (2) To operate the 1915(b}/(c) Medicaid Waiver, a proven system for the management of inental health, intellectual and c~evelopmental disabilities, and substance abuse services; (3) To manage state funded services for menta.l health, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services, including federal block grant funds; (4) To manage all other resources that are or become available for mental health, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services; (5) To use managed caxe strategies, including care coordination and utiliza.tion management, to reduce the trend of escalating costs in the State Medicaid program while ensuring medically necessary care, and to deploy a system for the allocation of resources based on the reliable assessment of inedical necessity, functional staxus and intensity of need. These stra.tegies shall efficiently direct individuals to appropriate services and shall ensure they receive no more and no less than the amount of services determined to be medically necessary at the appropriate funding level; (6) To maintain a local presence in order to respond to the unique needs and priorities of localities; (7) To ensure communication with consumers, families, providers, and stakeholders regarding disability-specific and general 1915(b)/(c) Medicaid Waiver operations by implementing a process for feedback and exchange of information and ideas;