| Reports |
Referred To |
| 1. Reports of President |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |