C.__Each institute council consists of 16 members whose membership takes into consideration local geographic factors.__The membership on each council consists of 4 consumers of mental health services, 4 family members of such consumers, 4 community members and 4 mental health service providers.

D.__The councils shall adopt bylaws that establish the terms and qualifications of membership, the selection of members succeeding the initial members and the internal governance and rules.__The commissioner shall approve the bylaws of each council, prior to designating it as an approved network quality council.

E.__Under the supervision of each council, a service evaluation team of nonprovider members shall periodically review programs funded with public money.__The results of the review must be reported to the council, the local service network and the regional director for the department and must be considered in funding decisions by the department.__To the extent possible, there must be one service evaluation team per population-specific committee.

F.__Each network quality council must have a center council, consisting of a maximum of 12 members.__Each of the 4 population-specific committees shall select 3 persons from its membership to be members of the center council.__The center council shall meet as frequently as the needs of the network quality council dictate.

Sec. 15. 34-B MRSA §3607, sub-§§3 and 4, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 691, §7, are amended to read:

3. Areas. An area A local council shall operate in each of the following geographic areas:

A. Aroostook County;

B. Hancock County, Washington County, Penobscot County and Piscataquis County;

C. Kennebec County and Somerset County;

D. Knox County, Lincoln County, Sagadahoc County and Waldo County;

E. Androscoggin County, Franklin County and Oxford County;