Subsection 1: Coordination committees.

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Article D1432-6

French Public Health CodeIn force

Updated 4 Nov 2023

The following are members of the commission for coordination in the field of medico-social care and support:

1° The director of the regional health agency or his representative;

2° The representative of the Regional Prefect;

3° State representatives with responsibilities in the field of medico-social support:

a) The academic regional rector ;

b) The Regional Director of Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion or the Regional and Departmental Director of Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion;

c) The Regional Director of Business, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment;

d) The Departmental Director of Social Cohesion or the Departmental Director of Social Cohesion and Protection of Populations of the department that is the capital of the region;

4° Representatives of local and regional authorities:

a) Two regional councillors or, in Corsica, two councillors of the local authority, elected from among its members by the deliberative assembly;

b) The President of the General Council, or his or her representative, from each of the départements within the territorial jurisdiction of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy;

c) A maximum of four representatives of municipalities and groups of municipalities, appointed by the Association of French Mayors;

5° Representatives of social security bodies working in the field of medico-social support:

a) The Director of the Caisse d'Assurance Retraite et de la Santé au Travail. When several funds are located within the jurisdiction of the regional health agency, the director of the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie appoints one of the directors of the funds concerned to sit on the public policy coordination committee;

b) The head of the organisation representing, at regional level, each health insurance scheme whose national fund is a member of the Union nationale des caisses d'assurance maladie or his or her representative, appointed by the Director General of the Union nationale des caisses d'assurance maladie;

c) The director of the regional fund of the Mutualité sociale agricole or, in the absence of a regional fund, the director designated by the regional association of the mutual benefit funds of the Mutualité sociale agricole or, failing this, jointly by the directors of the mutual benefit funds of the Mutualité sociale agricole within the jurisdiction of the agency.

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