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Who runs TMA? YOU DO! The association is governed by a 472-member House of Delegates, the legislative and policymaking body. The house is made up of elected county medical society delegates (one delegate per 100 members or fraction) and the following ex officio: members of the Board of Trustees, 15 councilors, Texas delegates and alternate delegates to the American Medical Association, members of the Council on Legislation and chairs of the other councils, delegates from the Young Physician Section, International Medical Graduate Section, Resident and Fellow Section, and Medical Student Section, and delegates of selected specialty societies.
The House of Delegates meets every year at an annual session held during TexMed in the spring.
The best way to get your idea or change adopted as TMA policy is at the grassroots level. Present your idea or change at your county medical society meeting. If the county agrees, your idea is submitted as a resolution at the next meeting of the House of Delegates. If adopted by the house, and if it has nationwide appeal, it may be forwarded to the AMA for action. If the county does not agree with your idea or recommendation, you may contact a delegate from your society and ask that he or she submit a resolution for consideration by the house.
Ideas and action also are developed and sent to the house by association boards, councils, committees, and sections.
Summary of 2010 Annual Session of the House of Delegates
TMA President Sue Bailey, MD, took office on Saturday, May 1, 2010, at a critical juncture in American medicine. She pledged to lead TMA in a campaign to "take advantage of change" brought about by the new health reform law. "We will use the health system reform bill as a catalyst to help us identify what needs to be done on Capitol Hill, in Austin, and in our own offices to make sure our patients have access to excellent care," Dr. Bailey said. Read the full summary of the 2010 Annual Session of the House of Delegates (PDF).
TexMed 2010 Meeting of the TMA House of Delegates: Reports and Resolutions
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 2010 in Fort Worth, April 30-May 1.
TexMed 2009 Meeting of the TMA House of Delegates
Summary of Actions: TMA House of Delegates TexMed 2009 .gif)
For more information, contact TMA staff at (800) 880-1300, ext.1304, or (512) 370-1304, or e-mail Pam Hale.
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