CONSTITUTION AND POLICY – MISSISSIPPI CHAPTER
HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
ARTICLE I: NAME
The name of this organization shall be the Mississippi Chapter, Healthcare Financial
Management Association. For the purpose of identification and brevity Healthcare Financial
Management Association hereinafter shall be referred to as “HFMA.”
ARTICLE II: OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the Mississippi Chapter, HFMA, shall be identical with those of HFMA. The
HFMA is an association of individuals who are organized to improve financial management of
hospitals and related health care organizations and:
1.
To foster and increase knowledge of and proficiency in financial management;
2.
To conduct and participate in educational programs and activities concerning
financial management;
3.
To provide media for the interchange of ideas and dissemination of material
relative to financial management;
4.
To strengthen cooperation among individuals of varying disciplines in financial
management;
5.
To develop curricula and financial management supporting material for use by
educational instructions;
6.
To cooperate with healthcare institutions and related health care organizations and
agencies, and other interested groups in matters pertaining to financial
management;
7.
To establish and promulgate relative to financial management;
8.
To promote and encourage financial management standards of performance for
individuals and institutions to the various areas of financial management;
9.
To undertake research in financial management related to these objectives.
ARTICLE III: MEMBERSHIP
Membership in the Mississippi Chapter shall be open to all members of HFMA who live and/or
work in the geographic area set forth in the Chapter’s Charter, as originally granted by HFMA or
as the same may be amended from time to time by the HFMA Board of Directors. Classes of
membership within the Chapter and qualifications for membership in those classes shall be the
same as those specified in the Bylaws of HFMA.
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ARTICLE IV: ACTIVITIES
1.
For the purpose of carrying out its objectives, the Chapter may undertake
activities which will promote and develop the Chapter and effect the objectives
stated in this Constitution pursuant to guidelines and limitations prescribed by
statute or by HFMA.
2.
No dividends or pecuniary profits shall be declared or paid to the membership of
the Chapter or to any other individual or entity or group of individuals or entities.
3.
The Chapter shall not undertake any action or practice which would jeopardize its
exemption from the payment of Federal income taxes as a tax exempt
organization within the meaning of Section 501(c)(6) pf the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954, as amended, or the corresponding provisions of any future United
States revenue law.
ARTICLE V: MANAGEMENT
The affairs of the Mississippi Chapter, HFMA, shall be managed by the duly elected Chapter
Officers and Directors. The powers and duties of the Officers and of the Board of Directors are
defined in the Chapter Bylaws.
ARTICLE VI: MEETINGS
Meetings of the Chapter membership and of the Board of Directors shall be held in accordance
with the Chapter Bylaws.
ARTICLE VII: TERMINATION OF THE CHAPTER’S EXISTENCE
In the event of liquidation of the Mississippi Chapter, HFMA, or the revocation of its charter for
due cause by HFMA, all funds in the Chapter Treasury and all Chapter records shall be
forwarded to the President of HFMA and will become the property of HFMA.
ARTICLE VIII: AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
1.
The Bylaws of the Mississippi Chapter, HFMA, shall be admitted and taken to be
its laws subject to this Constitution.
2.
Amendments to the constitution may be made by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the
Chapter membership voting provided:
a.
A copy of the Resolution to Amend the Constitution, together with full
text of the amendments, heretofore approved by the Board of Directors, is
approved on behalf of the Board of Directors of HFMA in advance of the
vote, and
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b.
3.
A copy of said Resolution to Amend the Constitution is delivered or
mailed to each Chapter member no less than fifteen (15) days nor more
than thirty (30) days before the meeting at which the vote will be taken if
voting at a scheduled Chapter meeting or at a special meeting called for
that purpose. If voting by mail, facsimile or e-mail, a ballot shall be
distributed with the Resolution, with no less than twenty-one (21) days
allowed to return the ballot.
In the event that the Constitution or Bylaws of HFMA shall be amended in a
manner which requires an amendment to this Constitution, this Constitution shall
be amended as required without any action on the part of the Chapter or its
membership of HFMA. Any such amendment shall become effective
concurrently with the amendments to the Constitution or Bylaws of HFMA which
required it, and the text of the amendment shall be provided to the Chapter of
HFMA as promptly as practical following the adoption thereof.
Amendments to the Constitution shall become effective immediately, unless otherwise adopted
pursuant to the procedures set forth above provided in the text of the amendment.
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