135N.4 - MEMBERSHIP.

        135N.4  MEMBERSHIP.
         1.  The following persons shall serve as nonvoting members of the
      committee:
         a.  The director of public health or a designee.
         b.  The director of the department of human services or a
      designee.
         c.  The commissioner of insurance or a designee.
         2.  The following voting members shall be appointed by the
      director, serving three-year terms:
         a.  One member who is a board-certified physician licensed,
      practicing, and currently treating individuals with hemophilia or
      other bleeding and clotting disorders.
         b.  One member who is a nurse licensed, practicing, and
      currently treating individuals with hemophilia or other bleeding and
      clotting disorders.
         c.  One member who is a social worker licensed, practicing,
      and currently treating individuals with hemophilia or other bleeding
      and clotting disorders.
         d.  One member who is a representative of a federally-funded
      hemophilia treatment center.
         e.  One member who is a representative of an organization
      established under the Iowa insurance code for the purpose of
      providing health insurance.
         f.  One member who is a representative of a voluntary health
      organization who currently services the hemophilia and other bleeding
      and clotting disorders community.
         g.  One member who is a patient, or caregiver of a patient,
      with hemophilia.
         h.  One member who is a patient, or caregiver of a patient,
      with a bleeding disorder other than hemophilia.
         i.  One member who is a patient, or caregiver of a patient,
      with a clotting disorder.
         3.  At least one of the appointments made pursuant to subsection
      2, paragraphs "g", "h", and "i" shall be a patient with
      hemophilia, a bleeding disorder that is not hemophilia, or a clotting
      disorder.  The committee appointments may be made notwithstanding
      sections 69.16 and 69.16A.
         4.  If there is a vacancy on the committee, such position shall be
      filled in the same manner as the original appointment.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2007 Acts, ch 31, §4, 7