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Reference Committee C: Resolution 301-03: Disclosing Financial
information
Resolution 301-03: Disclosing Financial
Information ACTION: Adopted Resolution 302-03: Elimination of Dues Discounts
for Groups ACTION: Referred to Board of Trustees, in consultation
with the Presidents’ forum and Medical Executives Conference, for study and
report back. Resolution 303-03: Posting CMA Board Minutes on
Web Site ACTION: Adopted as amended Resolution 304-03: Officer and Trustee
Employment By CMA Resolution 305a-03: Conflict of
Interest Gross income Received: up to $10,000 and be it further RESOLVED: That all current Trustee and officer Declaration of interest Statements shall be printed and included in all Board of Trustees and Executive Committee agenda materials; and be it further RESOLVED: That at the beginning of each Board of Trustees and Executive Committee meeting, the presiding officer shall request any updates to a Trustee’s or officer’s Declaration of interest Statement; and be it further RESOLVED: That at the first regular meeting of the Board of Trustees each year, an orientation session be held relative to their duties and obligations as Trustees and officers, including but not limited to, fiduciary obligations and conflicts of interest; and be it further RESOLVED: That CMA reaffirm that an annual orientation session be held for new Trustees and officers relative to their duties and obligations as Trustees and officers, including but not limited to fiduciary obligations and conflicts of interest; and be it further RESOLVED: That all members of CMA reference committees, standing committees, councils, technical advisory committees (TACs) and other appointed entities shall annually complete and submit Declaration of interest Summaries. Any such members shall additionally disclose on their Declaration of interest Statement any form of compensation above $5000 from service on a Knox-Keene licensed health plan boards, health insuring organization boards, medical malpractice insurance company boards, and that the disclosure shall indicate the amount of compensation within the ranges as follows: Gross income Received: up to $10,000 All such statements shall be printed and included in all such meeting agenda materials. At the beginning of all such meetings, the presiding officer shall request any updates to the Declaration of interest Statements; and be it further RESOLVED: That any member of the House of Delegates of the association may make a written request for a copy of the Declaration of interest of any individual serving on the CMA Board of Trustees, committees, councils, technical advisory committees or other appointed bodies. Such request shall be fulfilled within 10 working days; and be it further RESOLVED: That if a member of the Board of Trustees, or a member of any CMA standing committee, council, TAC, or other appointed entity, or a member of the House of Delegates brings forward an allegation that a conflict of interest has not been disclosed or that a conflict of interest requires a recusal or abstention that is not being observed, such allegations shall be forwarded in writing to the chairman of the Rules Committee of the House of Delegates for a determination as to whether there is sufficient cause for hearing by the committee. If convened, the Rules Committee shall report pursuant to CMA Bylaws Section 9.10(b). A written appeal of the decision of the chair of the Rules Committee may be made to the entire committee if the decision was insufficient cause for the hearing; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Speaker of the House shall appoint in 2003 a Committee consisting of delegates of the house that shall review and report back to the 2004 House of Delegates all policies and procedures relating to conflict of interest with any recommended modifications. Such a review shall occur no less than every five years. ACTION: Substitute adopted for combined resolutions
305-03, 306-03, 307-03, 308-03, 309-03, 310-03, 311-03 and 320-03 Resolution 306-03: Censure of Officers for
Conflict of Interest Resolution 307-03: Officer Conflict of
Interest Resolution 308-03: Officer Conflict of
Interest Resolution 309-03: Ethical Standards
Defined Resolution 310-03: CMA RICO Litigation Conflict
of Interest Policy Resolution 311-03: Resolution of Conflict of
Interest Issues Resolution 312-03: $50 for MICRA
Defense RESOLVED: That the CMA House of Delegates strongly encourages and requests that all county medical societies implement a $50 for MICRA defense or "Buck a week for MICRA" program in their next billing cycle. ACTION: Adopted as amended Resolution 313-03: Specialty Delegation Bylaw
Change Resolution 314-03: Increasing Ethnic
Organization Participation in CMA 19.0102 Membership. Membership in this Section shall be limited to CMA and component medical society members selected by physician members of the ethnic medical organizations in California that certify to the Association that they have as members a minimum of 25 physicians and surgeons of a particular ethnic group who are eligible for membership in the Association. Each eligible ethnic medical organization shall be entitled to one member and one alternate member. No member shall be seated at the Section’s annual meeting until the member’s credentials have been verified. ACTION: Adopted Resolution 315-03: Delegation Chair
Responsibility Resolution 316-03: Stop Rejection of
Resolutions Resolution 317-03: Practice Development
Program RESOLVED: That this program will be offered to the county medical societies to use as a membership retention and recruitment tool. ACTION: Adopted as amended Resolution 318-03: "Franz Kafka Award for
Bureaucratic Bungling" Resolution 319-03: Taiwan As Observer in World
Health Organization (WHO) ACTION: Adopted Resolution 320-03: Conflict of Interest Special
Tac Report C-1-03: Disclosure of Delegate Contact
Information Access to House of Delegates Contact Data Members of the CMA House of Delegates shall be entitled access to House of Delegates fax and e-mail contact information to be used for the sole purpose of communicating CMA-related information. Members of the CMA House of Delegates may opt out of such a distribution list, if they so desire. Members of the CMA House of Delegates may not sell or otherwise reproduce for external agencies such House of Delegates contact information. RECOMMENDATION 2: That the implementation of Recommendation 1 be contingent upon CMA Board-approved protocols to ensure: (a) limitations on the size and number of electronic files; (b) limitations on the size and number of the facsimile transmissions; and (c) appropriate computer security measures and virus detection and elimination. RECOMMENDATION 3: That the Members of the House of Delegates be requested to provide current email and fax contact information for posting on the Members only section of the CMA website, but that they retain the right to opt out. ACTION: Recommendations adopted and remainder of report
filed Report C-2-03: Subspecialty Representation in
the House of Delegates RECOMMENDATION 2: That the House of Delegates approve amendment to the CMA Criteria for Specialty Organization Recognition to include those organizations representing physicians in the subspecialty of boards approved by the Medical Board of California as "equivalent" to an ABMS Board. ACTION: Recommendations adopted and remainder of report
filed Report C-3-03: Posting CMA Board Minutes on
Website Report C-4-03: CMA Officer Financial
Compensation Report C-5-03: Nominations for Appointments to
2003 Standing Councils and Committees ACTION: Recommendation adopted and remainder of report
filed Report C-6-03: CMA Long-Range
Plan RECOMMENDATION 2: That the House of Delegates receive an updated status report annually. ACTION: Recommendations adopted and remainder of report
filed Report C-7-03: EVP Report to the House of
Delegates Report C-8-03: Officer and Trustee Declaration
of Interest Report C-9-03: interim Report of The Membership
Technical Advisory Committee Report C-10-03: Resumption of CMA Policy
Review Report C-11-03: CMA-YPS Dues Reduction
Program 7.0306 The Board of Trustees is hereby authorized to create a dues reduction program for young physicians. Any such program shall be consistent with existing House of Delegates dues policy and shall be approved by a three-fourths majority of the Board of Trustees. The Board shall report on the program so established to the House of Delegates no later than the Annual Session 2005. This Bylaw shall cease to be effective April 1, 2005, unless reenacted by the House of Delegates. ACTION: Recommendation adopted and remainder of report
filed Report C-12-03: Policy
Review ACTION: Recommendation adopted
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