Citizens Healthcare Oversight Committee

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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 surtax 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 fourth Friday of each quarter (March, June, September and December) from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the County Commission Boardroom located at 330 W. Church St. in Bartow, unless otherwise specified.

Board Members

Christina Criser Jackson, Quality of Life Health Professional, Sept. 30, 2025
Cauney Bamberg, Business Community, March 1, 2025
Steve Bissonnette, Senior Citizens, March 1, 2025
Dr. Daniel Haight, Primary Care Physician, April 5, 2025
Linda King, School Board Representative, July 31, 2023
Pauline Simmonds-Brown, Minority Representative, Sept. 14, 2025
Dr. Joy Jackson, Public Health Director (or designee)
Heather Gordon, Health Care Clinics, Aug. 31, 2026
Ann Barnhart, Hospital Executive, Sept. 30, 2025
Liz Antaya, Health Insurance Industry, Sept. 30, 2025
Dr. Peter Verrill, Practicing Physician, Sept. 18, 2025
Tracy Gray, Children’s Interest, Sept. 30, 2025
Stacy Campbell-Domineck, Work Force Skilled Labor, Sept. 30, 2025

Qualifications for Board Members/How to Apply

The Citizens Healthcare Oversight Board shall appoint members of the committee to serve a four-year term. Each commissioner shall appoint two members representing the respective interest groups. In addition, the chairman of the Board of County Commissioners shall appoint two additional members to the committee. The Polk County School Board or school superintendent shall appoint a representative member. Upon appointment, each member may serve successive terms beyond the four-year term (Resolution No. 23-057).

Become a Member Application

Members of the Citizens Healthcare Oversight Board should represent the following areas:

Health care clinics
Business community
Work force skilled labor
Senior citizens
Specialist physicians
Children’s interests
Primary care physicians
Quality-of-life professional
Minority representatives
School board
Public health
Hospitals
Health insurance industry

Funding Requests

The Citizens Healthcare Oversight Committee has approved a standard procedure for funding requests. The procedures are not applicable to funding designated for mandated programs or the Polk HealthCare Plan. Agencies may submit a request for new funding or request modification to previously awarded funds. Both require completion of the Funding Request Form. Funding requests will only be accepted during the period of October through December of each fiscal year.

SOP for Funding Requests

Funding Request Form