National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors In

“There are active members and associate members with the following qualifications and rights: active members shall be the officially designated directors of the specialized public mental health programs for the states, territories, and the district of columbia. Active members vote to elect members and officers of the nasmhpd board of directors. Associate members shall be public mental health agency executives, central office and/or facility staff designated or appointed by the active members to participate in the association in specific areas identified by the board of directors.”

“Active members vote to elect members and officers of the nasmhpd board of directors. Each associate member may serve on committees, but may not hold office and shall not have the right to vote unless a signed proxy by the active member is submitted prior to the actual vote taking place.”

“The active member shall be the designated "policy-making member" for development of any collective position or strategy by nasmhpd that would be subject to review by the national governors' association. Only one active member per jurisdiction shall be recognized by the association. Where there is dispute as to who is the "active member," the association shall contact the governor or appointing authority of the jurisdiction in question and request an official designation.”

“There are no committees that have the authority to act on behalf of the governing body; therefore there were no meetings held or written actions undertaken.”

“Nasmhpd's policy is to present the form 990 to the board of directors including all applicable schedules. Each member of the board of directors will receive a copy of the form 990 prior to the submission of the form to the internal revenue service. Questions from board members will be directed to the nasmhpd chief financial officer (cfo) for clarification prior to the submission of the form 990.”

“Nasmhpd regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with the conflict of interest policy. On an annual basis, the board of directors (bod's) and key employees (executive director) receive a copy of the conflict of interest policy, and sign an acknowledgement of receipt form. In addition, on the form they are required to disclose in writing if they do or do not have a conflict of interest as outlined in the policy. During a subsequent board meeting, the director of human resources reviews the acknowledgement forms received by the bod members and the nasmhpd executive director and confirms that there are no conflicts disclosed. The bod reviews and discusses the policy and documents the review in the board meeting minutes. Following full disclosure of a possible conflict of interest, the board of directors shall determine whether a conflict of interest exists and, if so the board shall vote to authorize or reject the transaction or take any other action deemed necessary to address the conflict. An interested board member, officer, or employee member shall not participate in any discussion or debate of the board of directors, or of any committee or subcommittee thereof in which the subject of discussion is a contract, transaction, or situation in which there may be a perceived or actual conflict of interest.”

“The process for determining compensation for the organization's ceo, executive director, top management official, other officers or key employees of the organization does include a review and approval by independent persons, comparability data, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Annually, the director of human resources submits a compensation survey to the bod that includes a review of executive director salaries from forms 990 of similar organizations, and other surveys.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request. The form 990, irs determination letter, form 1023 tax exemption application are available for public inspection. The form 990 and irs determination letter are available on nasmhpd's website. The financial statements are available on the organization's website and upon request.”