Boards and Commissions

Ohio Legislative Service Commission

Commission on Infant Mortality

Status	Type of Board	Full-time	Expiration Date
Current	Permanent	No

Subject to Sunset Review	Partisan Affiliation Restriction	Senate Confirmation Required
No	No	No

Authority	Total Membership
R.C. 3701.68	18

Dates of Appointment		Term Length
Not specified		Not specified

Ending Date Of Term	Report Requirements
Not specified	Not later than 9/19/15, must submit a report to Governor and General Assembly.

Appointment Authority	Membership Composition
Governor, Other, Senate President, Speaker	House members, Members with other stated qualifications, Senate members, Statewide elected officials/department heads

Compensation		Staff Assistance
No Compensation		LSC

Chairperson	Additional Information
Speaker and President must appoint two members to serve as co-chairpersons	President and Speaker determine responsibilities of the Commission after it submits its report.

Qualifications
Two members of the Senate appointed by Senate President (one from each party); two members of the house appointed by the Speaker (one from each party); the Governor or designee; Medicaid Director or designee; Director of Health or designee; Director of Developmental Disabilities or designee; Executive Director of the Commission on Minority Health or designee; Attorney General or designee; a health commissioner of a city or general health district, appointed by the Governor; a coroner, deputy coroner, or other person who conducts death scene investigations, appointed by the Governor; an individual who represents the Ohio Hospital Association, appointed by the association's president; an individual who represents the Ohio Children's Hospital Association, appointed by the association's president; two individuals who represent community-based programs that serve pregnant women or new mothers whose infants tend to be at a higher risk for infant mortality, appointed by the Governor; and two individuals who represent children's interests, one to be appointed by the Speaker and one to be appointed by the Senate President.

Qualifications

Two members of the Senate appointed by Senate President (one from each party); two members of the house appointed by the Speaker (one from each party); the Governor or designee; Medicaid Director or designee; Director of Health or designee; Director of Developmental Disabilities or designee; Executive Director of the Commission on Minority Health or designee; Attorney General or designee; a health commissioner of a city or general health district, appointed by the Governor; a coroner, deputy coroner, or other person who conducts death scene investigations, appointed by the Governor; an individual who represents the Ohio Hospital Association, appointed by the association's president; an individual who represents the Ohio Children's Hospital Association, appointed by the association's president; two individuals who represent community-based programs that serve pregnant women or new mothers whose infants tend to be at a higher risk for infant mortality, appointed by the Governor; and two individuals who represent children's interests, one to be appointed by the Speaker and one to be appointed by the Senate President.