55.996 Guidelines for Funding County Medical Society Meetings with Legislators:
MSSNY’s Board of Trustees developed the following guidelines in response to requests by county medical societies to be reimbursed for monies expended at county medical society sponsored meetings with their local legislators to discuss socio-economic and/or political issues of concern to the medical profession and issues affecting health care delivery in New York State:
(1) Before any reimbursement is made from the Society’s funds, the county medical society must write the Medical Society of the State of New York for prior approval of the anticipated project and include a fiscal note with the request.
(2) After the function takes place, the county medical society is requested to inform MSSNY of the amount of actual expenses incurred, the nature of the meeting, and the number of physicians and legislators in attendance. The Trustees will determine the amount of reimbursement on the basis of this information.”
(3) The Board also recommended that MSSNY be identified as a co-sponsor and be consulted in the development of a county medical society program, since MSSNY will be reimbursing the county medical societies for part of their expenses in these legislative activities. (Board of Trustees 10/25/89; Reaffirmed HOD 2013; Reaffirmed HOD 2023)
NB: The MSSNY Board of Trustees recommends that the new legal guidelines concerning monies allocated to legislative activities be communicated to county medical societies and the MSSNY continue the policy of reimbursing counties for 50% of the costs incurred for such activities, with a cap of $1,000.
