; staff (a) Members The Board shall be composed of the members as follows: (1) The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of the Department of Health and Human Services (or the Assistant Secretary’s designee). (2) The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services or, beginning with 2022, the Administrator of the Center for Medicare (or the Administrator’s designee). (3) The Assistant Director for the Health Services Division of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (or the Assistant Director’s designee). (4) The Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary’s designee). (5) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs (or the Secretary’s designee). (6) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs (or the Commissioner’s designee). (7) The Director of the National Institutes of Health. (b) Chairperson The Board shall designate 1 member of the Board to serve as the chairperson. (c) Director and staff (1) Director The Board shall have a director who shall be appointed by the chairperson of the Board, subject to rules prescribed by the Board. (2) Staff The director may appoint and fix the pay of such additional personnel as the chairperson considers appropriate, subject to rules prescribed by the Board. (3) Applicability of certain civil service laws The director and staff of the Board shall be appointed subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and shall be paid in accordance with the requirements of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates; except that an individual so appointed may not receive pay in excess of the maximum annual rate of basic pay payable for grade GS–15 of the General Schedule. (d) Assistance for the board Subject to section 306(g), in carrying out this title, the Board— (1) may seek assistance from outside experts in the fields of consumer advocacy, medicine, pharmacology, pharmacy, and prescription drug reimbursement