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TMA House of Delegates: Order of Business 2006

Reports and resolutions dealing with socioeconomic, public health, science, medical education, and TMA financial and organizational matters that are important to physicians and patients will be considered by the

TMA House of Delegates and its reference committees during TexMed 2006 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, May 4-5.

The house will convene at 8 a.m. on Thursday, May 4, and after conducting its regular business, recess for meetings of four reference committees - Financial and Organizational Affairs, Public Health, Science and Education, and Socioeconomics - on Level 3 of the convention center in Exhibit Hall F. Reference committees will present their reports and recommendations to the full house when it reconvenes at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 5. Elections also will be held on Friday.

On Friday at 11 a.m., the Distinguished Service Award, TMA's highest honor, will be presented to Mark J. Kubala, MD.

Plan to attend your caucus meetings on Thursday and those scheduled on Friday morning.

 

 

 

Reference Committee Key:

  • Financial and Organizational Affairs = F&OA
  • Public Health = PH
  • Science and Education = SE
  • Socioeconomics = SOCIO

 

 

 

Reports Referred To
1. Reports of President  
     1.  TMA Select Committee on Patient Safety Informational
     2.  Healthy Vision 2010 Editorial Board and Media Visits Informational
     3.  Nominations for Board of Governors, Texas Medical Liability Trust F&OA
2.  Reports of Board of Trustees  
     1.  2005-06 Board Officers and Committees Informational
     2.  2004 Audit of Financial Statements and 2005-06 Operating Budgets Informational
     3.  Investments Informational
     4.  Medical Student and Resident Physician Loan Funds Informational
     5.  TMA Minority Scholarship Program Informational
     6.  TMA Physician Services Informational
     7.  TMA Knowledge Center Informational
     8.  TMA Affiliation Informational
     9.  TMAIT, TMF, and TMLT Informational
   10.  Royalty on TMA Insurance Program Informational
   11.  Hurricane Disaster Relief Informational
   12.  Pending Lawsuits Involving Texas Medical Association Informational
   13.  Health Information Technology Informational
   14.  Policy Review F&OA
   15.  Direct Access Laboratory Testing SOCIO
   16.  Retired Physician Licensure F&OA
   17.  Council Governance F&OA
   18.  Resolution 1-1-A-05 F&OA
 3.  Reports of Executive Vice President  
     1.  2006 Winter Conference Informational
     2.  Staff Component Informational
     3.  2005-06 Update Informational
 4.Reports of Interspecialty Society Committee  
     1.  Appropriate Title Nomenclature     SOCIO
     2.  Expansion of Role of Chiropractics F&OA
 5.  Report of Committee on Membership  
     1.  Resolution 105-A-05, Establishment of Retired Physician Section F&OA
 6.Reports of Board of Councilors  
     1.  Recently Adopted Opinions of Board of Councilors Informational
     2.  Distinguished Service Award - Mark J. Kubala, MD Informational
     3.  Emeritus Membership Nominations Informational
     4.  Honorary Nominations F&OA
7.  Reports of Committee on Physician Health and Rehabilitation  

     1.  Public Education on Physician Health Matters ; Medical Student and Resident
          Physician Activities; Treatment Facilities; Internal Analyses

 Informational
     2.  Continuing Medical Education Programs      Informational
     3.  Drug Screen Program; PHR Assistance Fund; TexMed Exhibit Informational
8.  Reports of Texas Delegation to the AMA  
     1.  AMA Membership, Representation, and Leadership Informational
     2.  AMA House of Delegates Meetings in 2005 Informational
     3.  Policy Review F&OA
9.  Report of Young Physician Section  
     1.  Young Physician Section Activities Informational
 10. Report of International Medical Graduate Section (no report)  
11. Report of Resident and Fellow Section  
     1.  Resident and Fellow Section Activities Informational
12. Report of Medical Student Section  
     1.  Medical Student Section Summer and Fall Activities Informational
13. Report of Council on Annual Session  
     1.  Restructuring the Council on Annual Session F&OA

14. Report of Council on Communication
     1.  2006 Winners of Anson Jones, MD, Media Awards

Informational
15. Reports of Council on Constitution and Bylaws  
     1.  Converting TMA Constitution and Bylaws to TMA Style F&OA
     2.  Bylaws Changes for Eliminating Interim Session  ( PDF ) F&OA
     3.  Bylaws Changes Relating to Young Physician Section F&OA
     4.  Restructure of Council on Annual Session F&OA
     5.  Committee on Membership Student and Resident Members F&OA
     6.  Elimination of One-Year Waiting Period for Emeritus Membership F&OA
     7.  Medical Student Special Appointee to Board of Trustees F&OA
     8.  RFS and YPS Operating Procedures F&OA
     9.  Two New Councils  ( PDF ) F&OA
 16. Reports of Council on Health Service Organization  
     1.  End-of-Life Care Form F&OA
     2.  Advance Directives F&OA
17. Report of Council on Legislation  
     1.  Update on Policies due for 2006 Review F&OA
18. Report of Committee on Professional Liability (no report)      
19. Reports of Council on Medical Education  
     1.  Update of 1995 and 1996 TMA Policy SE
     2.  Review of 1995 and 1996 TMA Policies on Physician Workforce SE
     3.  Role of TMA in Informing State Legislators About Medical Education Process SE
 20. Report of Committee on Continuing Education  
     1.   CME Program Report Informational
 21. Reports of Committee on Physician Distribution and Health Care Access  
     1.  Physician Workforce Update  ( PDF ) Informational
     2.  Policy Review SE
22. Report of Council on Member Services (no report)  
23. Report of Council on Public Health  
     1.  All Hazards Disaster Planning PH
24. Reports of Committee on Child and Adolescent Health  
     1.  Policy Review PH
     2.  Review of Underage Drinking Policy and New Policy to Add to TMA Policy Compendium PH

25. Report of Committee on Emergency Medical Services and Trauma
(worked with the Council on Public Health in submitting Report 1 on
All Hazards Disaster Planning)

  
26. Reports of Committee on Infectious Diseases  
     1.  Infectious Disease Update Informational
     2.  New Adolescent Vaccines PH
     3.  Policy Review PH
27. Reports of Committee on Maternal and Perinatal Health  
     1.  Policy Review PH
     2.  Partnership with Alliance for a Clean Texas F&OA
     3.  Preserving Patients' Access to Care and Pharmacists' Conscientious Objection PH
     4.  State Funding for Family Planning and Preventive Health Services for Women PH
     5.  Need for Perinatal Autopsies Following Stillbirth PH
     6.  Direct-Entry Midwives' Scope of Practice PH
28. Reports of Council on Scientific Affairs  
     1. Council Activities Informational
     2.  Discharge of Committee on Cardiovascular Diseases F&OA
     3. Policy Review SE
29. Reports of Committee on Blood and Tissue Usage  
     1.  Committee Activity Update Informational
     2.  Sunset Review of National Blood Policy SE
30. Reports of Committee on Cancer  
     1.  Activities in Cancer Screening and Education Informational
     2.  Policy Review SE
     3.  Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment SE
31. Reports of Council on Socioeconomics  
     1. Implementation of Medicare Part D Informational
     2.  Ten-Year Policy Review SOCIO
     3.  Assessment of Retail Health Clinics and their Impact on Patients and Physicians SOCIO
     4.  State-Initiated Health Reform Informational
32. Report of Patient-Physician Advocacy Committee (no report)  
33. Report of Committee on Rural Health (in supplement)  
34. Report of TEXPAC  
     1.  TEXPAC Activities Informational
35. Report of Texas Medical Association Foundation  
     1.  2005 Accomplishments and Activities for 2006 Informational
36. Report of Texas Medical Association Alliance  
     1.  Alliance Activities and Accomplishments Informational
Resolutions  

101. Medical Student Voting Privileges on TMA Councils and Committees Medical Student Section

 F&OA

102. Continued Efforts to Reduce Frivolous Lawsuits Harris County medical Society 

 F&OA

103.  Physician Testimony in Liability Lawsuits Harris County Medical Society

 F&OA

104. Texas Medical Board
Harris County Medical Society

 F&OA

105. Task Force to Study Physician-Assisted Suicide
John R. Asbury, MD

 F&OA

106. "Unique" Relationships with Insurance Carriers
Dallas County Medical Society

 F&OA

108. Resident and Fellow Representation on TMA Board of Trustees

F&OA

201. Flu Vaccine Distribution
Harris County Medical Society

 PH

202. Social Vaccination Against STDs
Linda W. Flower, MD

 PH

203. Sexually Transmitted Disease Follow Up
John R. Asbury, MD

 PH

204. Smoke-Free Dining in Texas
John R. Asbury, MD

 PH

301. Practice of Diagnostic Needle EMG as the Practice of Medicine
Harris County Medical Society

 SE

302. Numerical Recording of Subjective Pain
Angelina County Medical Society

 SE

303. Expansion of Texas Medical Student Loan Forgiveness Program
John A. Menchaca, MD

 SE

304. JCAHO Pain Standard
Bexar County Medical Society

 SE

305. Encouraging Donations to Texas Cord Blood Bank
Bexar County Medical Society

 SE
306. Addiction is a Disease Process
Bexar County Medical Society		 SE

401. Preauthorizations Required by Commercial PBMs
Harris County Medical Society

 SOCIO

402. Emergency Room Indigent Health Care Reimbursement for Physicians
Harris County Medical Society

 SOCIO

403. Financing Futile, Ineffective, and Inefficient Health Care
Angelina County Medical Society

 SOCIO

404. Texas Medicaid/CHIP Vendor Drug Program
John R. Ashbury, MD

 SOCIO

405. Health Care of Texas Children
John R. Asbury, MD

 SOCIO

406. Quality Criteria and Pay-for-Performance Measures
Dallas County Medical Society

 SOCIO

407. Therapeutic and Generic Substitution
Tarrant County Medical Society

 SOCIO

408. Quality of Care, Continuity of Care, and Public Health Safety in Retail Health Clinics
Bexar County Medical Society

 SOCIO

409. Opposition to Companies Selling DEA Numbers to the Public
Dallas County Medical Society

 SOCIO

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June 23, 2010

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March 23, 2010

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