The SCMS Legislative Committee

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SCMS 2008 Legislative Committee:

Glen Davis, MD - Chair
Frank Clontz, MD
Shirley Davis, MSN - Alliance
Bob Feldman, MD
Hank Greenberg, MD - FMA Representative
Josh Helman, MD
Steve Lester, MD
Sam Omar, MD
Hal Pineless, DO
Sanjay Reddy, MD
John Robertson, MD
Norma Ryan, Alliance President
Lloyd Werk, MD
Richard Bragg, MD - SCMS President

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Legislative Committee Updates:

Legislative Committee minutes - 10/6/08

Legislative Committee minutes - 6/3/08

Legislative Committee Update - 3/28/08

Legislative Committee minutes - 3/4/08

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Legislative Committee Purpose:

The Legislative Committee of the Seminole County Medical Society will inform and advise the members of the Medical Society regarding legislative issues on the local, state, and national levels. The Committee will solicit the help and support of the membership on critical legislative issues, and work to maximize the Society’s influence in legislative affairs.

The Committee will:

1. Interview candidates for elected positions, and distribute information on their positions to the membership. The Committee will utilize the resources and coordinate efforts with FLAMPAC.
2. Assign members to both meet with, and become “Key Contacts” with individual elected legislators. The Committee will relate information about those legislators to the membership.
3. Solicit the membership’s views on political issues that pertain to healthcare.
   Work with the Society’s Program Director to coordinate the attendance of elected officials at Medical Society meetings, so members can have an opportunity to meet and lobby legislators on important issues.
4. Coordinate political fundraising efforts to maximize the Society’s political influence. The Committee will keep the membership informed on the results of fundraising efforts.
5. Coordinate membership campaign assistance for selected races, including door-to-door walking campaigns, or providing members with flyers for candidates or on issues to be posted in offices during elections.
6. From time to time address specific issues and engage the membership in specific political efforts.
7. Represent the interests of the membership at the Florida Medical Association’s Annual Meeting. The Committee will solicit members for Resolutions to be introduced at that meeting.
   Liaison with other County Medical Societies on legislative efforts.
8. Work closely with the SCMS Alliance on legislative efforts.

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