Are you a community member interested in providing PPE to healthcare professionals?

Please visit Project N95 - the National COVID-19 medical equipment clearinghouse. If you have PPE to donate (not sell), please contact TCEP. Thank you for your interest in supporting our healthcare heroes!

TCEP Bylaws Revisions

In accordance with national ACEP’s Bylaws, all chapters must periodically update their bylaws. Our last Bylaw revisions were in 2012.  For the past 8 months, the TCEP Bylaws Committee with the assistance of the ACEP Chapter Bylaws Consultant revised TCEP’s Bylaws so that they are in full compliance with national ACEP Bylaws, Texas association statutes and our operating procedures.  The proposed Bylaws were also reviewed by an outside attorney with expertise in Texas not for profit organizations.  The TCEP board and national ACEP Bylaws Committee have both approved these proposed Bylaws.  Our current Bylaws require final adoption by the TCEP members at the TCEP annual business meeting which will be held on a date to later be announced, due to the cancellation of our Connect conference. 

Due to the extensive Bylaws changes required in this revision, the Board has decided to make these changes as an “amendment by substitution.”  This means the membership will be voting on the entire Bylaws vs only a few sections, so the document presented will not have any “markup” or “track changes.”  TCEP’s current bylaws are posted on the website along with the newly proposed bylaws for your review.

In summary, the major changes in addition to formatting, modernization of language, consistency with ACEP Bylaws and Texas law, addressed areas surrounding the board and officer nomination processes, voting processes, clarification of officer and board member roles and terms, removal of board members, filling vacancies on the Board and processes for calling meetings.

If upon review, any member would like to discuss further, please contact the TCEP office at (512) 306-0605.

Member Benefit: Share Information with Colleagues via EngagED

Log into EngagED and Start the TCEP Conversation about COVID-19

1. From an existing email thread: Scroll to the bottom of the email, above the blue bar, you’ll see 4 links. Click on Create New Subject Thread. It will open a new email in your email client and populate the community’s email address: [email protected]
2. Start a new email and sent to: [email protected]
3. Log in to engagED at https://engaged.acep.org/home and click on Post a Message. Select Texas College of Emergency Physicians from the To: dropdown. The rest should be straightforward. 

Have questions on how to navigate balance billing? TDI has the answers. 

Senate Bill 1264 protects consumers who have state-regulated health plans from surprise medical bills in certain situations. The new protections will apply to bills for medical services received on or after January 1, 2020.

Informative website from TDI to navigate through balance billing.  Worth sharing with your groups. https://www.tdi.texas.gov/rules/2019/senate-bill-1264.html