By law, it has nine appointed members from the health disciplines and three from the general public.
Terms are four years.
Its job is to review grants, contracts and cooperative agreements and to make recommendations about CMHS activities. The Council is not a Board of Directors. It does not run or direct CMHS, set policies or make decisions. Subcommittees never have any legal standing on their own and their sole role is to expedite Council business by bringing advice, recommendations, etc. The Council then may or may not accept these recommendations.