Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists House of Delegates 1 st Meeting September 19, 2013 Drury Lane Theatre; Oakbrook Terrace, IL

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1 Roll of Delegates Sheila Allen Pete Antonopoulos Jennifer Arnoldi Scott Bergman Jaime Borkowski Mary Louise Degenhart Andrew Donnelly Jim Dorociak Michael Fotis Linda Fred Travis Hunerdosse Kim Janicek Ann Jankiewicz Jan Keresztes (replaced Charlene Hope) Mary Ann Kliethermes Kathy Komperda Despina Kotis Michael McEvoy Megan Metzke Scott Meyers Michael Novario Gary Peksa Jennifer Phillips Ed Rainville Michael Rajski Christina Rivers Justin Schneider Bryan Shaw Michael Short Carrie Sincak Jennifer Splawski Avery Spunt Michael Weaver Trish Wegner Thomas Westerkamp Susan Winkler

2 TOPIC DISCUSSION PLAN/ACTION/BY WHOM Call to Order The first meeting of the 2013 ICHP House of Delegates was called to - order by Ann Jankiewicz at7:03 pm. Invocation Mike Fotis provided the invocation - Roll Call of Delegates Kathy Komperda called the roll. 35 delegates were present and quorum was met. Recognition of Guests Sr. Mary Louise Degenhart was welcomed and introduced to the delegates. Approval of Agenda Ann Jankiewicz presented the agendas for the 2013 HOD sessions. Motion with second: To accept the agenda of the 2013 HOD. - Ann Jankiewicz requested the members of the house place items and on a Consent Agenda. Motion with second: To accept the consent agenda as created - Approval of the Rules of the House Appointment of the Committee to approve 2013 Minutes Report of the Committee to approve minutes of September 2012 Report of the Chairman of the HOD on 2012 Delegate Recommendations Motion with a second: To accept the rules of the house - Ann Jankiewicz appointed the Committee to review the 2013 HOD minutes: Kathy Komperda (chair), Pete Antonopoulos, Scott Bergman and Susan Winkler. Kathy Komperda reported on behalf of the committee (Kathy Komperda (chair) Jaime Borkowski, Scott Bergman, and Jennifer Ellison) to approve the minutes of the 2012 House of Delegates. The committee voted to accept the minutes as distributed. Ann Jankiewicz provided a verbal summary of all the 2012 HOD recommendations (attached)

3 Report of the President Report of the Director of Professional Affairs Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists Tom Westerkamp provided a written report to the HOD and provided a brief verbal summary of thanks for everyone s hard work and to make a call for volunteers to consider running for the presidential office. Jen Phillips presented on behalf of professional affairs. Desi Kotis will be the new chair starting after this Annual Meeting. Updated a number of toolkits that are on the website. Developed criteria and scoring rubric for the Student Chapter of the Year Award. Posted a column during each KP on Medication Safety Pearls. Reviewed the selection of the Best Practice Award this year. Jen Phillips presented First position statement: Immunizations for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Second Position Statement: Collaborative Drug Therapy Management Activities and Pharmacist Prescribing in Inter-Professional Patient Care Third Position Statement: Pharmacist as a Healthcare Provider Fourth Position Statement: Pharmaceutical Gray Market Motion on behalf of BOD: To accept the position statements as presented. Discussion regarding Pharmacists as Healthcare Provider must be accountable for medication-related monitoring and outcomes. Some concerns about the qualifier as part of an interdisciplinary care

4 team. Motion with a second: To remove with collaborative practice agreements and to move the remaining statement to the end of the paragraph which begins with As a member of the healthcare team - the Pharmacist as a Healthcare Provider position statement separately. No further discussion on the other three position statements. Remaining three position statements were approved as presented above. Report of the Director of Organizational Affairs Linda Fred reported Over the year, Organizational affairs made amendments to Constitution which can be found in Articles IV, VII, and VIII. These changes have been approved by the BOD but needs HOD approval before the general membership can vote. Motion on behalf of BOD: To accept the amendments to the Constitution as presented. Significant discussion pursued about one of the amendments which dealt with the elimination of HOD. Concern regarding how issues will be addressed especially since there are no specific plans on how

5 information may be gathered and received without the HOD was expressed. Motion with second: To approve the amendments to the Constitution that deal with the removal of the HOD. - Rejected (15 Ayes; 18 Nays; 2 Abstentions) Motion with second: To approve other amendments to the Constitution excluding the removal of HOD - Rejected Reports of the Colleges of Pharmacy Report of the Committee on Nominations Written reports were provided by the following colleges: Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy; Chicago State University, and Rosalind Franklin University. Chris Rivers presented the report from the Nominations Committee. Candidates were solicited for the following positions: President-elect Secretary-Elect House of Delegates Chair-Elect Director-elect of Educational Affairs Director-Elect of Government Affairs Director-Elect of Marketing Affairs Technician Representative-Elect New Practitioner Chair-Elect Introduction of New Business No new business was introduced -

6 Delegate Recommendations Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists 1. ICHP should create an official response or a position statement to the AMA resolution on inappropriate queries. (J. Phillips and D. Kotis) 2. ICHP should work with the Illinois Board of Pharmacy to establish continuing education requirements for certified pharmacy technicians that are consistent with national recertification requirements. (J. Phillips and J. Keresztes) 3. ICHP should amend its constitution to allow for more frequent meetings of the House of Delegates so that ICHP may be more responsive to timely issues. (J. Phillips, D. Kotis, L. Fred, K. Janicek, T. Hunerdosse) 4. ICHP should create a position statement supporting the pharmacist s role in direct patient care (inpatient and outpatient settings). (P. Antonopoulos) 5. ICHP should modify its statement on Tobacco Use by adding that all pharmacists should divest themselves of all investments in companies that manufacture and/or sell tobacco products. ( T. Wegner) Forwarded to the Chair of the HOD Announcements No announcements - Adjournment Adjourned at 8:30pm