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PUBLIC LAW 93-641-JAN. 4, 1975

(i) Administration, (ii) the gathering and analysis of data, (iii) health planning, and (iv) development and use of health resources. The functions of planning and of development of health resources shall be conducted by staffs with skills appropriate to each function. " (B) SIZE AND EMPLOYMENT.—The size of the professional staff of any health systems agency shall be not less than five, except that if the quotient of the population (rounded to the next highest one hundred thousand) of the health service area which the agency serves divided by one hundred thousand is greater than five, the minimum size of the professional staff shall be the lesser of (i) - such quotient, or (ii) twenty-five. The members of the staff shall be selected, paid, promoted, and discharged in accordance with such system as the agency may establish, except that the rate of pay for any position shall not be less than the rate of pay prevailing in the health service area for similar positions in other public or private health service entities. If necessary for the performance of its functions, a health systems agency may employ consultants and may contract with individuals and entities for the provision of services. Compensation for consultants and for contracted services shall be established in accordance with standards established by regulation by the Secretary. "(3)

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GOVERNING BODY.—

" (A) IN GENERAL.—A health systems agency which is a public regional planning body or unit of general local government shall, in addition to any other governing body, have a governing body for health planning, which is established in accordance with subparagraph (C), which shall have the responsibilities prescribed by subparagraph (B), and which has exclusive authority to perform for the agency the functions described in section 1513, Any other health systems agency shall have a governing body composed, in accordance with subparagraph (C), of not less than ten members and of not more than thirty members, except that the number of members may exceed thirty if the governing body has established another unit (referred to in this paragraph as an 'executive committee') composed, in accordance with subparagraph (C), of not more than twenty-five members of the governing body and has delegated to that unit the authority to take such action (other than the establishment and revision of the plans referred to in subparagraph (B) (ii)) as the governing body is authorized to take. " (B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The governing body— "(i) shall be responsible for the internal affairs of the health systems agency, including matters relating to the staff of the agency, the agency's budget, and procedures and criteria (developed and published pursuant to section 1532) Post, p. 2251. applicable to its functions under subsections (e), (f), and (g) of section 1513; "(ii) shall be responsible for the establishment of the health systems plan and annual implementation plan required by section 1513(b); "(iii) shall be responsible for the approval of grants and Grants and con contracts made and entered into under section 1513(c)(3); '"^'^' ^PP'°^^"(iv) shall be responsible for the approval of all actions taken pursuant to subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h), of section 1513; " (v) shall (I) issue an annual report concerning the Report. activities of the agency, ( II) include in that report the health

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