PARTICIPANTS:

PARTICIPANTS: A. The Executive Director of the Department of Mental Health shall appoint fifteen (15) individuals to participate in the Council; B The fifteen (15) participants shall be representatives from various areas of the state, including urban and rural areas; C. The participants shall include persons with IDD, representatives for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities or parents/guardians of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, service providers, regional intellectual and developmental disabilities programs, community mental health centers, MS Council on Developmental Disabilities, Disability Rights of Mississippi, Mississippi Resource Commission, Mississippi Department of Rehabiliation Services, Institute for Disablity Studies, Mississippi Division of Medicaid, Mississippi Department of Education, Arc of Mississippi and other related service agencies; D. Participants will be appointed for a three-year term. Participants may be reappointed; E. Any individual who becomes a participant shall immediately be entitled to vote; and, F. In the event of a vacancy, the Executive Director of the Department of Mental Health shall appoint another individual to complete the term.