Manatee County Accepting Applications for Healthcare Advisory Board

Coconut Telegraph

Applications are due October 13 at 5pm. For more information, call Joshua Barnett at 941-749-3030 or email to joshua.barnett@mymanatee.org.

Manatee County is accepting applications for five seats on the Healthcare Advisory Board, a volunteer group that evaluates, monitors and discusses the healthcare system in Manatee County and makes recommendations to the County Commission regarding the funding of healthcare services in Manatee County. Applicants should be knowledgeable about healthcare and willing to meet a minimum of eight times per year on the fourth Wednesday of each month from 5-7pm. The vacancies are for the following seats: 

  • mental health
  • healthcare
  • a practicing physician who received no more than one percent of his/her gross income from County-funded healthcare and
  • Two representatives of uninsured consumers of County-funded healthcare

Applications are due October 13 at 5pm. For more information, call Joshua Barnett at 941-749-3030 or email to joshua.barnett@mymanatee.org.

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