Fairfax County Health Care Advisory Board

The Fairfax County Health Care Advisory Board (HCAB) was created on date established::June 11, 1973 to aid the Board of Supervisors in making health care policy decisions in Fairfax County and to advise the Board of Supervisors on matters that would impact the health of citizens of the county.

There are eleven members of the board, one from each district and two at-large members appointed by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, one of whom must be a physician or other health care provider. All members of the board are appointed to serve four-year terms.

In 2011, Marlene Blum, who has served on the HCAB since 1985 and as its chair since 1988, was given the Lawrence V. Fowler Award in recognition of her service.