What to Expect at the House of Delegates
On Friday of TexMed, the house and its four reference committees consider reports and resolutions dealing with TMA financial and organizational affairs, medical education, science and public health, and socioeconomics that are important to physicians, medical students, and patients. Plan to attend your scheduled caucus meeting.
Reference committees meet immediately following recess of the opening session of the House of Delegates on Friday to hear testimony on each item of business referred to them. Any TMA member may testify on issues before reference committees. Reference committees present their reports and recommendations to the full house when it reconvenes on Saturday morning. Caucuses can pick up reference committee reports in the Reports Room early Saturday morning.
Four reference committees hold open hearings to consider the issues listed below.
Onsite, follow the progress of each Reference Committee on your mobile device at http://refcom.texmed.org.
Financial and Organizational Affairs: Association finances, membership, representation, legal issues, and federation relationships.
Medical Education and Health Care Quality: Undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education; physician workforce; issues related to health care quality.
Science and Public Health: Core public health functions; environmental health; child and adolescent health; injury prevention; addictive and infectious diseases; regulatory issues; biomedical research; and prevention and medicine.
Socioeconomics: Health care payment plans; Medicare/Medicaid; reimbursement; and legislative and regulatory issues.