A. The "children, youth and families advisory committee" is created. The committee shall be composed of eleven members appointed by the governor. The governor shall appoint persons with demonstrated interest and involvement in children, youth and family services, particularly those services and programs administered or funded by the department. Members shall be appointed so as to provide adequate representation of ethnic groups and geographic areas of the state. At least two members shall be parents who are recipients of services provided by the department, at least two members shall be youths between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one and at least one member shall be on the governor's youth council.
B. The committee shall assist in the development of policies and procedures for the department.
C. The members of the children, youth and families advisory committee shall be reimbursed for their services as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978] and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
History: Laws 1992, ch. 57, § 12; 2003, ch. 338, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, added "and at least one member shall be on the governor's youth council" to the end of Subsection A.