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§ 130-9.5. Nursing home advisory committees. (a) statement of Pm.-~ose. -- It is tho purpose o£the General Assembly that communiw advisory committees Work to maintain the spirit of the Nm'sing Home Bill of Rights (Ch ~pter [30, Article 30) within thc nursing homes in this State. It is the further pm'pose of the C~en~ral Assenlb~y that thc committees ~romote community involvement and cooperation with m~rsing homes and an integratioo of these homes into a system of care tbr the elde~'lv. (b) Establishment and Ap~ointh~ont of Committees. -- 3X community advisory committee shall be established in each county which bas a nursing home, shall serve all the homes in the eonnty, and shall work with each home for the best interests of the persons residing in each home. In a county which has one~ two, or three nursing homes, the committee shall have five members. In a county with tbur or more nursing homes, the committee shall have one additional member lbr each nursing home in excess of three. In each county wit ~ four or more nt rsing homes, the committee shall estab- lish a subcommittee of five members fi'om the committee for each nursing home in the county. ~ach member must serve on at/east one subcommittee. Each conlmittee shall bo appointed by the board of county commissioners, Of the members, a minority mot leas than One third, but as ~lose to one third as possible) must be chosen fi'om among persons nominated hy a majority of the chief administrators oF nursing homes in the county. If the nm'sing home administrators fail to make a nomination within 45 days al~er writteo ootifica- tion has b~en sent to them by the board 0f county con'missioners reqnesting a nomination, such appointments may be made by the board tff county commis- siono~ without nominations. (c) Terms of Office. ~ Each committee memher shall serve an initial term of One year. Any person reappointed to a second or subsequent term in the Same county shall serve a three-year term. Persons who were originally nominees of nursing home chief administrators, or who were appointed by the bom'd of county commissioners when the nursing home administrators ~ailed to make nomifiations may not be reappointed without the consent of a majm'ity of the nursing home chief administrators within the county. If the nursing home chief administratoes Fail ~o aporove or reject the reaopdintment within ,t5 days of being reqaested by the bdard ofcounW eommissfoners, the commissioners may real, point the member if they so choose. stanches. -- Any x~acancy shall be filled by appointment ofa per~on for a one-year [evm. Any uerson rep(acing a member nominated by the chief administrators or a per3on appointed ~fien the chief administrators failed to 'nistrators, ~ proeided in subsection (b~. if the county commissioners fail to appoin~ members ~o a committee, or fait to fi]l a vaca~/cv, the ~ppoiatment /may be made or vacancy filled bv the Secretary 0f Hama~ Resources or the ~cretarv's designee no ~ooner th~n 45 days afte3 the commissioner's have been notified bfthe a~ointment or vacancy i~fiomination or spin-oval of the onrsing home administrators is not reouired. ~;n~mina~io~s or approval o; the nursing home administrators is rcquibed, the appointmen~ may be made or vacancy filled by the Secretary o~ Human Resources or the Secretary's designee uo ~ner than 45 days after the commissioners have received the nominaxion or 427