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021 PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE CRITERIA FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH AND MEDICAL CARE.ADVISORY COUNCIL II I. Current Criteria for Appointment by the Commissioners Section V of the Resolution which established the Health and Medical Care AdvisorylCouncil states that persons appointed to the Council by the Board of Commissioners shall be persons who are: "not employed, directly or indirectly, by any component of the health and medical care system; selected so as to balance representation by residence and socio- economic characteristics; willing to exert the necessary effort to deal effectively with the complexity and technicality of the medical care system." It is the strong feeling of current and past members of the Council that the limitation against appointment of persons who are employed by some com- ponent of thelhealth care system defeats the purpose of recruiting interested and informed citizens who meet the third criterion for Council membership (i.e. , "willing to exert the necessary effort. . ."). Accordingly, we propose the following modification in the criteria for_appointment, with the rationale for this changle discussed below. II. Proposed Change hange in the Qualifications for Council Membership Our proposal is to amend Section V of the resolution of establishment in the following way: sub-section (A) would state that "persons appointed shall be: limited to those without direct financial interest or position as an officer or director in any component of the health care system; except that a person whose sole involvement is as an employee shall be eligible. Such persons shall comprise no more than three of the nine members of the Council." Sub'i-sections (B) and (C) would remain as they are now. III. Reasons for the Proposed Change While those with a direct financial interest in some component of the health care system have the right to present their views tot_the Council, we recognize that a clear conflict exists between their private interests and the public responsibilities of a Council member. As currently stated, however, the exclusion of employees removes from consideration many able and dedicated people whose only financial interest in the health care system is employment. Their interests as employees are materially different from those of officers, owners, stockholders or directors. Exclusion of employees, who comprise a significant percentage of the Orange County work- force, greatly 1 limits the Council's ability to attract qualified people who can be effective members. The health care system is complex and rapidly changing. The county and this Council can derive great benefit from the active involvement of persons whose expertiseland interest are in health care, but who have no direct conflict of interest. Persons currently excluded who would be eligible for consideration by the commissioners include employees of local health care institutions and consultants to those institutions who are recognized experts in the health care field.