Executive Board Qualifications and Duties
In order to be considered for appointment to the board, members must meet certain professional background requirements set out in state law. They must:
- Be a psychiatrist or other physician experienced in behavioral health
- Be a health care professional
- Have experience on a hospital or nonprofit board
- Have a background in behavioral health services, care coordination, health care administration or residential services
- Have experience in traditional healing
Duties of the Executive Board
The Executive Board delegates responsibility for day-to-day operation of the behavioral health care system to a Chief Executive Officer. The board is broadly responsible for:
- Approving the system's strategic direction and monitoring performance
- Approving the system's mission, vision and strategic plan
- Overseeing the care and management of all patients and clients
- Ensuring clinical quality, patient safety and customer service excellence
- Ensuring sound financial management
- Overseeing contracts
- Building strong and appropriate stakeholder relationships
- Ensuring the quality of medical staff
- Updating the Legislature on operations, goals and accomplishments
- Appointing the Chief Executive Officer
Conditions and Restrictions
- Voting members may not be current DCT or county employees, members of the state Legislature or staff or members of labor unions representing DCT.
- One voting member must come from Greater Minnesota.
- By statute, the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services is a voting member of the board.