new text begin Membership; appointment. new text end

new text begin (a) The Blue Ribbon Commission consists of 17 members as follows: new text end

new text begin (1) two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house; new text end

new text begin (2) two members of the senate appointed by the senate majority leader; new text end

new text begin (3) the commissioner of human services or designee; new text end

new text begin (4) the commissioner of health or designee; new text end

new text begin (5) four members appointed by the governor who have demonstrated expertise and leadership in health care, long-term care, or social service organization, health and human services technology, or other collaborative health and human services system improvement activities with a history of providing guidance to state and local governments; new text end

new text begin (6) two members appointed by the governor who have demonstrated leadership in employer and group purchaser activities in which the group purchaser is not a health plan company; one of the members appointed must be from a labor organization; and new text end

new text begin (7) five members appointed by the governor who have demonstrated public or private leadership, cultural responsiveness, and innovation in the area of health and human services. new text end

new text begin (b) The governor is exempt from the requirements of the open appointments process for purposes of appointing commission members. new text end