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Assembly Executive Committee Meeting the Grand Hotel Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN July 22-24, 2016 Materials Included in This Packet Assembly Executive Committee Meeting The Grand Hotel Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN July 22-24, 2016 Materials Included in this Packet **PLEASE CLICK ON THE ITEM TO VIEW** Draft Report of the Assembly Executive Committee Meetings, May 2016 Summary of Actions, Board of Trustees, May 2016 Draft Summary of Actions, Board of Trustees, July 2016 Action Paper 12.CC: Increasing the Opportunity for Involvement of Resident Fellow Members (RFMS) and Early Career Psychiatrists (ECPs) in the APA Assembly Action Paper 12.DD: Allow Deputies to Vote Draft Summary of Actions, Joint Reference Committee, June 2016 Action Paper 12.A: Access to Care Provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs Report from the Council on Advocacy and Government Relations Draft Summary of Actions, Assembly, May 2016 Assembly Draft Schedule, November 2016 Special Rules of the Assembly Procedural Code of the Assembly Assembly Executive Committee Draft Report Friday, May 13, & Monday, May 16, 2016 Georgia World Congress Center & Omni at CNN Center Atlanta, Georgia Glenn Martin, M.D., Speaker Joseph Mawhinney, M.D., Area 6 Rep Daniel Anzia, M.D., Speaker-Elect Barbara Weissman, M.D., Area 6 Dep Rep Theresa Miskimen, M.D., Recorder Craig Zarling, M.D., Area 7 Rep John Wenert, III, M.D., Parliamentarian Charles Price, M.D., Area 7 Dep Rep A. Evan Eyler, M.D., Area 1 Rep Linda Nahulu, M.D.,M/UR Rep [A] Manuel Pacheco, M.D., Area 1 Dep Rep Sarit Hovav, M.D., RFM Rep Seeth Vivek, M.D., Area 2 Rep Mark Haygood, D.O., ECP Rep (Friday) Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D., Area 2 Dep Rep David Scasta, M.D., ACROSS Rep Joseph Napoli, M.D., Area 3 Rep Jenny L. Boyer, M.D., J.D., P.h.D., Immediate Past William Greenberg, M.D., Area 3 Dep Rep Speaker (Monday) James R. Batterson, M.D., Area 4 Rep Melinda Young, M.D., Past Speaker Bhasker Dave, M.D., Area 4 Dep Rep Saul Levin, M.D., MPA, CEO and Medical Director Laurence Miller, M.D., Area 5 Rep (Friday) Philip Scurria, M.D., Area 5 Dep Rep Guests (Friday): A. David Axelrad, M.D., Chair, Assembly Committee on Procedures Daniel Gillison, Incoming Director, American Psychiatric Association Foundation Guests (Monday) Kenneth Busch, M.D., Incoming Area 4 Dep Rep Matthew Kruse, M.D., Incoming RFM Rep James Nininger, M.D., Incoming Parliamentarian Lawrence Malak, M.D., for Mark Haygood, D.O., ECP Rep Administration: Margaret C. Dewar, Director of Association Judson Wood, JD, Special Assistant to the CEO & Governance Medical Director (Friday) Allison Moraske, Senior Governance Specialist, Ranna Parekh, M.D., MPH, Director, Division of Assembly Diversity and Health Equity (Friday) Colleen Coyle, JD, APA General Counsel (Friday) Jeffrey Regan, Interim Chief of Government Affairs Yoshie Davison, Chief of Staff (Friday) (Friday) Jon Fanning, Chief Membership & RFM/ECP Officer Shaun Snyder, JD, Chief Operating Officer (Friday) Philip Wang, M.D., Director, Division of Research Tristan Gorrindo, M.D., Director, Division of (Friday) Education (Friday) David Keen, Chief Financial Officer (Friday) Kristin Kroeger, Chief of Policy, Programs & Partnerships (Friday) 1 Assembly Executive Committee Meeting May 13 & 16, 2016 Friday, May 13, 2016 (Georgia World Congress Center) 1. Call to Order and Opening Remarks — Dr. Martin Dr. Martin welcomed the AEC to Atlanta and had everyone introduce themselves and disclose any potential conflicts of interest. 2. Approval of Report of the AEC meeting January 2016 MOTION APPROVED: The AEC voted to approve the report of the Assembly Executive Committee Meeting from January 2016. 3. Remarks from Speaker-Elect — Dr. Anzia Dr. Anzia requested that the AEC members review the Consent Calendar during the Area Council meetings. 4. Remarks from the Recorder — Dr. Miskimen Dr. Miskimen noted that the action paper status (May & November 2015) document is available it in the online reports packet. She encouraged the AEC to remind the Assembly to use the Action Item Tracking System (AITS), which is available online at http://ait.psychiatry.org/, to track Assembly actions. She also stressed the importance of Assembly Representatives writing articles for their District Branch newsletters. 5. Remarks from the CEO and Medical Director — Dr. Levin Dr. Levin gave a brief update to the AEC. He began by reminding the AEC that Shaky Knees, a music festival, would take place in Centennial Olympic Park throughout the weekend and that this may have some impact on the Annual Meeting, including transportation delays, and sound issues in the convention center and at nearby hotels. Dr. Levin announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the first proposed rule to implement the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), which changes Medicare quality reporting requirements and incentives for health professionals. The APA’s Department of Reimbursement Policy reviewed the rule and developed a summary which was shared on the Assembly listserv earlier in the day. He mentioned that H.R.2646 -Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015, has come up for a vote by the House Energy & Commerce Committee and that he was encouraged by the level of interest that the Assembly has shown. Dr. Levin concluded his remarks by formally introducing David Keen, CPA, APA’s Chief Financial Officer, Judson Wood, JD, Special Assistant to the CEO & Medical Director, and Daniel Gillison, Incoming Executive Director for the American Psychiatric Association Foundation. 6. Review of Assembly Agenda — Dr. Martin The Assembly Executive Committee reviewed the Assembly agenda. Dr. Martin noted that the agenda is quite full, with thirty-two action papers, nineteen JRC items, and a bylaws amendment which requires a vote by strength. Reference Committees will continue to draft brief reports on their recommendations, which will be distributed Saturday morning prior to the Area Council meetings. In addition, two items have been submitted for consideration and approved by the Rules Committee as new business items: 14.A: APA Endorsement of the Position Statement of AGLP on Discrimination against LGBT Citizens Based on Arguments of Religious Liberty and 14.B: Task Force on Fighting Mental Health-Injurious Discrimination. Dr. Martin requested that the Area Councils/Assembly Groups add both new business items to their agendas. At its meeting in March, the Board of Trustees approved moving forward with the creation of APA medical registries. There will also be presentation on APA registries by Dr. Gregory W. Dalack, Chair, Registries Work Group on Saturday afternoon. 2 Assembly Executive Committee Meeting May 13 & 16, 2016 7. Reports of Assembly Component Chairs A. Rules Committee The Rules Committee reviewed the action items submitted for the May Assembly and assigned a number of the action items to the Consent Calendar. This vote will occur during the first plenary session. B. Awards Committee — Dr. Young Dr. Young announced that there will be three awards given at this meeting: The DB Best Practice Award, the Awards to the DB and Area with the Greatest Percentage of Voting Members, and the Assembly Award for Excellence in Service and Advocacy. C. Committee on Procedures — Dr. Axelrad Dr. Axelrad informed the Assembly that due to a previous commitment, he will be unable to attend the Assembly meeting and that the report of the Assembly Committee on Procedures will be given by Dr. Batterson. The Assembly Committee on Procedures will request the approval of four proposed amendments to the Procedural Code of the Assembly and these will be voted on during the fourth plenary Sunday morning. D. Assembly Nominating Committee The AEC reviewed the candidates for the upcoming Assembly election: Candidates for Recorder: James R. Batterson, M.D. [Elected Recorder 2016-2017] David Scasta, M.D. Candidate for Speaker-Elect: John de Figueiredo, M.D. Theresa Miskimen, M.D. [Elected Speaker-Elect 2016-2017] Monday, May 16, 2016 (Omni at CNN Center) 8. Introduction of New Assembly Executive Committee Members James Nininger, M.D., Parliamentarian Matthew Kruse, M.D., RFM Chair Eric Plakun, M.D., ACROSS Chair (not present) Kenneth Busch, M.D., Area 4 Deputy Representative 9. Follow-up on Passed Assembly Actions — Dr. Martin The AEC reviewed the passed Assembly actions. The AEC reviewed the approved action papers and confirmed that the following paper will go directly to the Board of Trustees in July 2016: 12.O: Direct to Consumer Advertising. The AEC then prioritized the top seven action papers of those referred to the Joint Reference Committee. 12.I: Pharmacists Substituting Medications with Similar Mechanisms of Action 12.J: Eliminate Out of Pocket Cost Barriers to Care for Patients with Serious and Recurrent Disabling Mental Disorders 12.T: Protecting Senior Psychiatrists from Mandatory Competency Testing 12.U: Psychiatrist Involvement in Medical Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide of the non-Terminally Ill 12.Y: Develop an APA Resource Document Regarding the Ethical Tensions Faced by Psychiatrists Serving as Third Party Utilization Management Reviewers under the Parity Law 12.FF: APA Referendum Voting Procedure 3 Assembly Executive Committee Meeting May 13 & 16, 2016 14.A: APA Endorsement of the Position Statement of AGLP on Discrimination against LGBT Citizens Based on Arguments of Religious Liberty The AEC discussed item 14.A and decided that, if the action paper is approved by the JRC, they would request that it be referred directly to the July 2016 Board of Trustees meeting. MOTION APPROVED: The Assembly Executive Committee voted to have the Speaker-Elect bring action item 14.A: APA Endorsement of the Position Statement of AGLP on Discrimination against LGBT Citizens Based on Arguments of Religious Liberty to the July 2016 Board of Trustees meeting. The AEC also discussed action paper 12.F: Making Access to Treatment for Erectile Disorder Available Under Medicare. The action paper had previously been approved at the November 2015 Assembly meeting and the JRC did not refer it, noting that the action paper does not fit within the APA’s strategic goals and initiatives and the necessary prioritization of the current work to implement these goals.
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