Section 201 – Utah Health Workforce Advisory Council creation and membership.

• (1) There is created within the department the Utah Health Workforce Advisory Council.

• (2) The council shall be comprised of at least 14 but not more than 19 members.

• (3) The following are members of the council:
  • (a) the executive director or that individual’s designee;
  • (b) the executive director of the Department of Workforce Services or that individual’s designee;
  • (c) the commissioner of higher education of the Utah System of Higher Education or that individual’s designee;
  • (d) the state superintendent of the State Board of Education or that individual’s designee;
  • (e) the executive director of the Department of Commerce or that individual’s designee;
  • (f) the director of the Division of Multicultural Affairs or that individual’s designee;
  • (g) the director of the Utah Substance Use and Mental Advisory Council or that individual’s designee;
  • (h) the chair of the Utah Indian Health Advisory Board; and
  • (i) the chair of the Utah Medical Education Council created in Section 26-69-402.

• (4) The executive director shall appoint at least five but not more than ten additional members that represent diverse perspectives regarding Utah’s health workforce.

• (5)
  • (a) A member appointed by the executive director under Subsection (4) shall serve a four-year term.
  • (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (5)(a) for the initial appointments of members described in Subsection (4) the executive director shall appoint at least three but not more than five members to a two-year appointment to ensure that approximately half of the members appointed by the executive director rotate every two years.

• (6) The executive director or the executive director’s designee shall chair the council.

Enacted by Chapter 224, 2022 General Session