(a) There is established a school-based health center advisory committee for the purpose of advising the Commissioner of Public Health on matters relating to (1) statutory and regulatory changes to improve health care through access to school-based health centers and expanded school health sites, (2) minimum standards for the provision of services in school-based health centers and expanded school health sites to ensure that high quality health care services are provided in school-based health centers and expanded school health sites, as such terms are defined in section 19a-6r, and (3) other topics of relevance to the school-based health centers and expanded school sites, as requested by the commissioner.

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(b) The committee shall be composed of the following members:

(1) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall be a family advocate or a parent whose child utilizes school-based health center services;

(2) One appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, who shall be a school nurse;

(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be a representative of a school-based health center that is sponsored by a community health center;

(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who shall be a representative of a school-based health center that is sponsored by a nonprofit health care agency;

(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be a representative of a school-based health center that is sponsored by a school or school system;

(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who shall be a representative of a school-based health center that does not receive state funds;

(7) Two appointed by the Governor, one each of whom shall be a representative of the Connecticut chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a representative of a school-based health center that is sponsored by a hospital;

(8) Three appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health, one of whom shall be a representative of a school-based health center that is sponsored by a local health department, one of whom shall be from a municipality that has a population of at least fifty thousand but less than one hundred thousand and that operates a school-based health center and one of whom shall be from a municipality that has a population of at least one hundred thousand and that operates a school-based health center;

(9) The Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner’s designee;

(10) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner’s designee;

(11) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or the commissioner’s designee;

(12) The Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner’s designee;

(13) The Commissioner of Children and Families, or the commissioner’s designee;

(14) The executive director of the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, or the executive director’s designee; and

(15) Three school-based health center providers, one of whom shall be the executive director of the Connecticut Association of School-Based Health Centers and two of whom shall be appointed by the board of directors of the Connecticut Association of School-Based Health Centers.

(c) Any appointment that is vacant for one year or more shall be made by the Commissioner of Public Health. The Commissioner of Public Health shall notify the appointing authority of the commissioner’s choice of member for appointment not less than thirty days before making such appointment.

(d) The committee shall meet not less than quarterly. On or before January 1, 2020, and biennially thereafter, the committee shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on its activities to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and education.

(e) Administrative support for the activities of the committee may be provided by the Department of Public Health.