District 1 Hospital Emergency Planning Committee Inc

“Hospitals eligible for membership are those hospitals in district 1 that are currently participating in funding through the aspr grants program or any substitute program administered by the state or federal government. The total number of participating hospitals is based on the total number receiving isdh aspr grant contracts at any one time. A hospital may elect to decline to participate in the aspr grant program, and upon written notification from the indiana state department of health of this decision, they shall become ineligible to participate further as a participating hospital member of this corporation while in a non-participating status.”

“The process of reviewing the form 990 entails a detailed review of the form 990 by the chairperson and business manager. Each voting member of the governing body also receives and reviews the form 990 including required schedules, as ultimately filed with the irs, prior to filing.”

“In connection with any actual or possible conflicts of interest, an interested person must disclose the existence and nature of his or her financial interest to the directors and members of committees with board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. After disclosure of the financial interest, and all material facts, and after any discussion with the interested person, he or she shall leave the board or committee meeting while a determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. An interested person may make a presentation at the board or committee meeting, but after such presentation, he/she shall leave the meeting during the discussion of, and the vote on, the transaction or arrangement that resulted in the conflict of interest. The chairperson of the board or committee shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to invesigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement. After due diligence, the board or committee shall determine whether the corporation can obtain a more advantageous transaction or arrangement with reasonable efforts from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest. If a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably attainable under circumstances that would not give rise to a conflict of interest, the board or committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors whether the transaction or arrangement is in the corporation's best interest and for its own benefit and whether the transaction is fair and reasonable to the corporation and shall make its decision as to whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement in conformity with such determination. If the board or committee has reasonable cause to believe that a member has failed to disclose actual or possible conflicts of interest, it shall inform the member of the basis for such belief and afford the member the opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose. If, after hearing the response of the member and making such further investigation as may be warranted in the circumstances, the board or committee determines that the member has in fact failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action.”

“The organization makes the governing documents, conflict of interest policy, or financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“District 1 hospital emergency planning committee, inc. Shall plan, coordinate, and submit applications for grant funding and distribute grant funds received from the indiana bioterrorism hospital planning fund, the department of health and human services, the assistant secretary of preparedness and response, and/or similar organizations, for the benefit of the communities served by district 1 hospitals. The indiana counties comprising district 1 are lake, porter, laporte, jasper, and newton counties.”