Sec. C-2. 5 MRSA §2031, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2005, c. 343, §1, is further amended to read:

1. Council established. The Pharmaceutical Cost Management Council, referred to in this chapter as "the council," is established and consists of 15 16 voting members appointed by the Governor as follows:

A. The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services or the commissioner's designee;

B. The Commissioner of Health and Human Services or the commissioner's designee;

C. The Executive Director of the Workers' Compensation Board or the executive director's designee;

D. One representative of private payors who join the council;

E. One member from each of Four members representing the following publicly funded groups:

(1) The Two members from the Maine state employees health insurance program, one member representing labor and one member representing management;

(2) The One member from the University of Maine System; and

(3) The One member from the Maine Community College System;

F. The director of the Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance or the director's designee or the director of a successor agency;

G. Two public purchasers not listed above;

H. A health care provider;