The Advancement of Wellness Advisory Council was created pursuant to the Oklahoma Public Health Advisory Council Modernization Act (63 O.S. § 1-103a.1) to assist and advise the State Commissioner of Health and the State Department of Health. All members of the Advancement of Wellness Advisory Council shall be knowledgeable of issues that arise in the area of advancing the health of all Oklahomans.
Pursuant to SB1708, an Act relating to public health; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-103a.1,beginning November 1, 2024, The Advancement of Wellness Advisory Council shall consist of ten (10) members. Three members shall be appointed by the Governor, three members shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, three members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one member shall be appointed by the Commissioner. Six members shall constitute a quorum.
The Advancement of Wellness Advisory Council shall be composed as follows:
a. the Governor shall appoint: (1) one member who is knowledgeable about breast and cervical cancer issues, and (2) one member who is knowledgeable about organ donor issues, and (3) one member who is knowledgeable about cardiometabolic disease including obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes,
b. the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall appoint: (1) one member who is mayor of a city or town that has been designated a certified healthy community in an urban setting, and (2) one member who is the president or chief operating officer of a business that has been designated a certified healthy business, and (3) one member who represents an Urban Indian Health Center in this state or a nonprofit organization with a major focus on improving public health for citizens of federally recognized tribes in this state,
c. the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint: (1) one member who is the mayor of a city or town that has been designated a certified healthy community in a rural setting, and (2) one member who is the president or chief operating officer of a business that has been designated a certified healthy business in an urban setting, and (3) one member who represents a federally recognized tribe based in this state which maintains a tribally operated health system, and
d. the Commissioner shall appoint one member who is the Executive Director of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust.
The jurisdictional areas of the Advancement of Wellness Advisory Council shall include all issues that arise in the areas of tobacco usage and cessation, organ and tissue donation, cardiometabolic disease, American Indian health, the requirements for a city or town in the state to be designated as a certified healthy community, the requirements for a business to be designated as a certified healthy business and such other areas as designated by the Commissioner.
