Citizens Healthcare Oversight Committee
The Polk County Board of County Commissioners created the Citizens' Healthcare Oversight Committee to ensure the integrity of the expenditure of the Indigent Health Care Sales Tax funds for the Polk HealthCare Plan, and to provide a forum for resident participation in health care planning.
The Citizens' Healthcare Oversight Committee meets the third Friday of each month from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the County Commission boardroom.
Board Members
- Kelly Andrews, Quality of Life Health Care Professional, Sept. 30, 2021
- Justin Hengesbach, Business Community, Feb. 5, 2021
- Steve Bissonnette, Senior Citizens, April 3, 2021
- Dr. Rekha Issar, Primary Care Physician, Oct. 6, 2020
- Linda King, School Board Representative, July 31, 2023
- Damien Moses, Minority Representative, Aug. 21, 2020
- Vacant, Consumer PHP Enrollee
- Heather Gordon, Health Care Clinics, Aug. 31, 2022
- Lance W. Anastasio, Hospital Executive, Sept. 30, 2021
- Michell Githens, Health Insurance Industry, Sept. 30, 2021
- Dr. Peter Verrill, Practicing Specialist Physician, Sept. 18, 2021
- Teri Saunders, Children's Interest, Sept. 30, 2021
- Stacy Campbell-Domineck, Work Force Skilled Labor, Sept. 30, 2021
Qualifications for Board Members / How to Apply
The Citizens' Healthcare Oversight Board annually approves Polk County residents to serve on the committee. Members are appointed to a four-year term. Upon appointment, each member may be requested to serve for a second term of four years. No appointees shall serve more than two consecutive terms (Resolution No. 14-070).
Members of the Citizens' Healthcare Oversight Board should represent the following areas:
- Health care clinics
- Business community
- Work force skilled labor
- Senior citizens
- Practicing specialist physicians
- Children's interests
- Primary care physicians
- Quality of life health community
- Minority representatives
- School board
- Consumer PHP enrollees
- Hospitals
- Health insurance industry
Meetings and Agendas
The Citizens Health Care Oversight Committee meets the third Friday of each month from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the board room of the County Administration Building, 330 W. Church St., Bartow.
Please note, agendas for the meetings are tentative and subject to change prior to the meeting
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| March 15, 2019 | March 2019 COC Agenda |
| April 19, 2019 | April 2019 COC Agenda |
| May 17, 2019 | May 2019 COC Agenda |
| June 21, 2019 | June 2019 COC Agenda |
| July 19, 2019 | July 2019 COC Agenda |
| August 16, 2019 | August 2019 COC Agenda |
| September 20, 2019 | September 2019 COC Agenda |
| October 18, 2019 | October 2019 COC Agenda |
| November 15, 2019 | November 2019 COC Agenda |
| December 20, 2019 | December 2019 COC Agenda |
| January 17, 2020 | January 2020 COC Agenda |
| February 21, 2020 | February 2020 COC Agenda |
| March 20, 2020 | March 2020 COC Agenda |
| April 17, 2020 | April 2020 COC Agenda |
| May 15, 2020 | Meeting Cancelled |
| June 19, 2020 | |
| July 17, 2020 | |
| August 21, 2020 | |
| September 18, 2020 | |
| October 16, 2020 | |
| November 20, 2020 | |
| December 18, 2020 |