Online testimony for 2014 House of Delegates opens Friday at 5 p.m. November 6, 2014 General House of Delegates, CMA Policy 0 The California Medical Association's (CMA) 2014 House of Delegates (HOD) will convene in San Diego, December 5-7. The HOD is CMA's legislative body, which establishes the policies that govern the association. At this year's meeting, physicians from across the state will debate and set policy on important health care issues. During the three-day meeting, more than 500 delegates will address nearly 100 resolutions on key issues that affect the practice of medicine. CMA invites all members to visit its online forum starting this Friday, November 7, at 5 p.m., to discuss or comment on the resolutions and reports that will be considered by the delegates. To participate in the online discussion, log into your web account and click on "My Account" at the top of the page. Once there, you will see a button on the left side called "House of Delegates." All resolutions and report to be acted on by the House are assigned to reference committees, which receive testimony and develop recommendations for action. This year three “virtual” reference committees will receive only online written testimony and will not convene in person hearings at the annual session. These online only committees are A) Science and Public Health, B) Government Health Programs/Health System Reform and F) Health Professions and Facilities. After testimony is received the committees will meet via teleconference to deliberate and develop recommendations for action by HOD. To provide online testimony on resolutions and reports, click on the "Resolutions and Reports" tab, and then click on the "Post Comment" button below any of the resolutions on which you wish to provide testimony. You can also download the reports and resolutions in both Word (.doc) and Acrobat (.pdf) formats by clicking on the "Documents" tab. Note that resolutions and reports will not be available for review prior to 5 p.m. on November 7. Written testimony will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. November 20 for business assigned to the “virtual” committees (A, B and F), and until 11:59 p.m. December 3 for business assigned to all other committees. If you have any questions, please contact the CMA member help center at (800) 786-4262 or memberservice@cmanet.org. Comments are closed.
