(B) The duties and functions of the Tennessee health care board include, but are not limited to, the following:

                (1) Implementing statutory eligibility standards for benefits;

                (2) Annually adopting a benefits package for participants of the Tennessee health care plan;

                (3) Acting directly or through one or more contractors as the single payer for all claims for health care services made under the Tennessee health care plan;

                (4) Developing and implementing separate formula for determining budgets under sections -to - of the Revised Code;

                (5) Annually reviewing the formulae for determining the appropriateness and sufficiency of rates, fees, and prices;

                (6) Providing for timely payments to providers through a structure that is well organized and that eliminates unnecessary administrative costs;

                (7) Implementing, to the extent permitted by federal law, standardized claims and reporting methods for use by the Tennessee health care plan;

                (8) Developing a system of centralized electronic claims and payments;

                (9) Establishing an enrollment system that will ensure that all eligible Tennessee residents, including those who travel frequently, those who cannot read, and those who do not speak English, are aware of their right to health care and are formally enrolled in the Tennessee health care plan;

                (10) Reporting annually to the general assembly and the governor, on or before the first day of October, on the performance of the Tennessee health care plan, the fiscal condition of the Tennessee  health care plan, any need for rate adjustments, recommendations for statutory changes, the receipt of payments from the federal government, whether current year goals and priorities were met, future goals and priorities, and major new technology or prescription drugs that may affect the cost of the health care services provided by the Tennessee health care plan;

                (11) Administering the revenues of the Tennessee health care fund pursuant to section  -  of the Revised Code;

                (12) Obtaining appropriate liability and other forms of insurance to provide coverage for the Tennessee health care plan, the Tennessee health care board, the Tennessee health care agency, and their employees and agents;

                (13) Establishing, appointing, and funding appropriate staff for the Tennessee health care agency throughout Tennessee;

                (14) Procuring requisite office space and administrative support;

                (15) Administering aspects of the Tennessee health care agency by taking actions that include, but are not limited to, the following:

                (a) Establishing standards and criteria for the allocation of operating funds;

                (b) Meeting regularly with the executive director and administrators of the Tennessee health care agency to review the impact of the agency and its policies on the regional districts established under section 3 of the Revised Code;

                 (c) Establishing goals for the health care system established pursuant to the Tennessee health care plan in measurable terms;

(d) Establishing statewide health care databases to support health care services planning;

                 (e) Implementing policies, and developing mechanisms and incentives, to assure culturally and linguistically sensitive care;

                 (f) Establishing standards and criteria for the determination of appropriate compensation and training for residents of Tennessee who are displaced from work due to the implementation of the Tennessee health care plan;

                 (g) Establishing methods for the recovery of costs for health care services provided pursuant to the Tennessee health care plan to a participant that are covered under the terms of a policy of insurance, a health benefit plan, or other collateral source available to the participant under which the participant has a right of action for compensation. Receipt of health care services pursuant to the Tennessee health care plan shall be deemed an assignment by the participant of any right to payment for services from any policy, plan, or other source. The other source of health care benefits shall pay to the Tennessee health care fund all amounts it is obligated to pay to the participant for covered health care services. The Tennessee health care board may commence any action necessary to recover the amounts due.

                (16) Appointing a technical and medical advisory board. The members of the technical and medical advisory board shall represent a cross section of the medical and provider community and consumers, and shall include two persons, one being a provider and the other representing consumers, from each region designated in section 3 of the Revised Code. The members of the technical and medical advisory board shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The technical and medical advisory board's duties include:

                (a) Advising the Tennessee health care board on the establishment of policy on medical issues, population-based public health issues, research priorities, scope of services, expanding access to health care services, and evaluating the performance of the Tennessee health care plan;

                (b) Investigating proposals for innovative approaches to the promotion of health, the prevention of disease and injury, patient education, research, and health care delivery;

                (c) Advising the Tennessee health care board on the establishment of standards and criteria to evaluate requests from health care facilities for capital improvements.

                (C) The Tennessee health care board shall employ and fix the compensation of Tennessee health care agency personnel, with the approval of the department of administrative services, as needed by the agency to properly discharge the agency's duties. The employment of personnel by the Tennessee health care board is subject to the civil service laws of this state. The Tennessee health care

board shall employ personnel including, but not limited to, the following:

                (1) Executive director;

                (2) Administrator for planning, research, and development;

                (3) Administrator for finance;

                (4) Administrator for quality assurance;

                (5) Administrator for consumer affairs;

                (6) Legal counsel to represent the board in any legal action brought by or against the board under or pursuant to any provision of the Revised Code under the board's jurisdiction.

                (D) No member of the Tennessee health care board or individual on the staff of the Tennessee health care board or Tennessee health care agency shall use for personal benefit any information filed with or obtained by the Tennessee health care board that is not then readily available to the public. No member of the Tennessee health care board shall make, participate in making, or in any way attempt to use their position as a member to influence a decision of the board or any other governmental body.

                Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not apply to the technical and medical advisory board established pursuant to this section.

                (B) If waivers are not obtained under sections .31 to 33 of the Revised Code from the medical assistance and medicare programs operated under Title XVIII or XIX of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 20 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, the medical assistance and medicare programs shall act as the primary insurers for Tennessee residents and workers for applicable coverage and the Tennessee health care plan shall serve as the secondary or supplemental plan of health coverage. Until such time as waivers are obtained, the Tennessee health care plan will not pay for services for persons otherwise eligible for the same benefits under medicare or medicaid.