(a) To assist the Arkansas Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force, there is established the Advisory Council to the Arkansas Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force.

(b) The council shall consist of the following members:

(1) The Chair of the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall appoint two (2) members, one (1) of whom shall be designated as the Chair of the Advisory Council to the Arkansas Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force;

(2) The Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall appoint one (1) member from the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services;

(3) The Dean of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall appoint one (1) member from the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences;

(4) The Commissioner of Education shall appoint one (1) member;

(5) The Chair of the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall appoint one (1) member from a list of three (3) persons submitted by the Arkansas office of the National Alliance on Mental Illness;

(6) The Chair of the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall appoint one (1) member from a list of three (3) persons submitted by the Board of Directors of Arkansas for Drug Free Youth; and

(7) The Chair of the Advisory Council to the Arkansas Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force shall appoint one (1) interested parent from a list of interested parents who respond to a newspaper notice placed by the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences within thirty (30) days of August 12, 2005.

(c) Each member of the council shall serve for a term of two (2) years.

(d)

(1) If a vacancy occurs in an appointed position for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the official who made the appointment.

(2) The new appointee shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(e)

(1) The council shall meet at the times and places that the chair deems necessary, but no meetings shall be held outside the State of Arkansas.

(2)

(A) Five (5) of the members of the council shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business.

(B) All actions of the council shall be by a quorum.

(f)

(1) Members shall receive no pay for services with respect to attendance at each meeting.

(2) However, if funds are appropriated for the purpose, members are entitled to expense reimbursement under § 25-16-902 for each day that the council meets.