Brownsville Community Health Clinic Corporation

“Significant changes to bylaws: the board of directors amended the bylaws as of october 2, 2013. The new bylaws removed the differentiation of voting classes. The previous bylaws separated the voting membership of the board of directors into users and non-users. The board of directors is now responsible for periodically conducting a self-evaluation over its efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with section 330 requirements. According to the previous bylaws, the duty of overseeing all audits, audit procedures, and appropriate board recommendations originally belonged to the finance committee. This duty was removed and given to the newly formed audit committee within the amended bylaws.”

“Review of the form 990: the form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm based on the audited financial statements and information provided by the accounting department of the organization. The finance director reviews the 990 in detail and a copy of the 990 is included with each board member's board packet one week prior to our board meeting. The 990 is presented to the finance committee which meets one hour before the full board. The finance committee then presents it to the full board of directors and answers any questions they may have.”

“Monitoring compliance with conflict of interest policy: all members of the board of directors, administrators and non-board members appointed to board committees are obligated to declare a conflict of interest in any situation that directly or indirectly involves a decision that might in any way, shape or form be beneficial to their personal or professional interest or involvement. All board members, administrators, or non-board members appointed to a board committee upon election, selection, or appointment, and on a necessary basis, will complete and sign a brownsville community health center conflict of interest form. Conflict of interest forms are to be submitted to the chairperson of the brownsville community health center board of directors prior to consideration of any issue or decision that would involve the source of the conflict of interest. Those who have submitted a conflict of interest form may be counted for a quorum, and participate in discussions, however they may not make a motion or vote on motions involving issues/entities for which they have declared a conflict. Refusal or failure to declare a conflict of interest may, if proven to the satisfaction of two-thirds vote of the board at a regular, special or annual meeting, as reflected through written ballot, be a basis for termination of membership on the board of directors, or dismissal as a non-board member of a board committee.”

“COMPENSATION DETERMINATION PROCESS: COMPARISONS NORMALLY FOLLOW THE BASIS FOR ADJUSTMENTS. SALARY COMPARABILITY ANALYSIS ARE GATHERED FROM THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, FROM OTHER HEALTH CENTERS, AND FROM FORM 990's FROM OTHER HEALTH CENTERS. ALL SALARY ADJUSTMENTS ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.”

“Document disclosure: through the freedom of information act, the organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are made available upon written requests addressed to the chairman of the board.”

“Organization's mission: vision: bchc will be a community oriented comprehensive primary care center that will strive to maintain a competitive edge in the changing health care environment. Core values: excellence, teamwork, performance improvement, community orientation, responsiveness to needs, empowerment, and service to all, regardless of ability to pay at the time of service. Purpose: the purpose of this corporation shall include the following: to establish and operate a community health center (chc) for the families living in the service area, including but not limited to medically indigent persons, to provide direct access to comprehensive primary health care and preventive health care to the residents of the service area in a manner consistent with their dignity and identity, based on ability to pay as per federal poverty guidelines, to promote community awareness of the need for preventive primary health care, to develop and/or coordinate resources that impact on the community's health status, to emphasize effective project management, quality of care, productivity compliance, and movement toward economic self-sufficiency, and to apply for grants from the united states government, the state of texas, other private agencies, and contractual or other opportunities to carry out the purpose stated above.”

“Number of volunteers: total number of volunteers includes volunteer board of director members.”

“Change of the oversight and selection process: during 2013, bchc changed the duty of oversight and selection of the annual independent audit from the finance committee to the audit committee.”