207.999 REVIEW AND SUNSET POLICY FOR MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

207.999.1     Location of MSSNY House of Delegates Meeting: SUNSET HOD 2020

207.999        Review and Sunset Policy for Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) House of Delegates (HOD) Resolutions and Policies Existing for at least 10 Years

A review and, as appropriate, sunset mechanism with a 10-year time horizon shall exist for all policy positions established by the HOD.  Under this mechanism, a policy will cease to be viable after 10 years after HOD adoption unless the HOD affirmatively acts to reestablish it.  Any HOD action that reaffirms an existing policy position shall reset the 10-year “sunset clock,” making the reaffirmed policy viable for 10 years from the date of reaffirmation.  Further, any HOD action that modifies an existing policy shall similarly reset the 10-year “sunset clock,” making the modified policy viable for 10 years from the date of its adoption.

In the implementation and ongoing operation of this review and sunset mechanism, these procedures shall be followed:

1. Each year, the Speakers, through the Office of the Executive Vice President, shall provide a list of policies that will be reviewed;
2. The President shall assign each policy to the appropriate committee or subcommittee for review;
3. Each committee or subcommittee shall submit a report to the HOD with recommendations on how each policy assigned to it should be handled;
4. For each policy, the committee/subcommittee shall make one of these recommendations: 1)  Retain the policy; 2)  Allow the policy to sunset; or 3)  Modify the policy;
5. With each recommendation, the committee/subcommittee shall also provide a succinct justification for its recommendation, including specific proposed amendments to a policy that the committee/subcommittee is recommending be modified;
6. Each policy for which modification or sunset is recommended shall be referred to the Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA) for further review regarding the impact of modification or repeal on MSSNY’s current legislative policy. If the committee/subcommittee’s recommendation differs from OLA, both recommendations and accompanying support shall be forwarded on the appropriate HOD reference committee;
7. The Speakers, through the Office of the Executive Vice President, shall organize each committee/subcommittee report and assign each policy under review to the appropriate HOD reference committee. Such policies under review will become part of the Committee’s agenda for the current year’s HOD meeting and part of the Committee’s report to the full HOD;
8. This policy shall take effect upon Council’s approval and shall be operative in the HOD meeting next following approval. (Adopted Council 9/16/10; Amended and reaffirmed HOD 2020)