Council created; membership; filling vacancies

(A) There is created the Adult Protection Coordinating Council under the auspices of the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and is comprised of: (1) one member from the institutional care service provision system who is a consumer or a family member of a consumer of that system and one member from the home and community-based service provision system who is a consumer or a family member of a consumer of that system, both of whom must be appointed by the council for terms of two years; and (2) these members who shall serve ex officio: (a) Attorney General or a designee; (b) Office on Aging, Executive Director, or a designee; (c) Criminal Justice Academy, Executive Director, or a designee; (d) South Carolina Department of Public Health Director, or a designee; (e) Office of Mental Health, Office Director, or a designee; (f) Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Office Director, or a designee; (g) Adult Protective Services Program, Director, or a designee; (h) South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Executive Director, or a designee; (i) Police Chiefs' Association, President, or a designee; (j) South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination, Executive Director, or a designee; (k) Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc., Executive Director, or a designee; (l) South Carolina Sheriff's Association, Executive Director, or a designee; (m) South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Chief, or a designee; (n) Long Term Care Ombudsman or a designee; (o) South Carolina Medical Association, Executive Director, or a designee; (p) South Carolina Health Care Association, Executive Director, or a designee; (q) South Carolina Home Care Association, Executive Director, or a designee; (r) South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Director, or a designee; (s) executive director or president of a provider association for home and community-based services selected by the members of the council for terms of two years, or a designee; (t) South Carolina Court Administration, Executive Director, or a designee; (u) executive director or president of a residential care facility organization selected by the members of council for terms of two years, or a designee. (B) Vacancies on the council must be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment.