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Hispanic Heritage Month

NASW Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Leaders Sought

Nominations for the association's spring 2005 election, including nominees for NASW president-elect, must reach the National Committee on Nominations and Leadership Identification by Oct. 29, 2004. The committee will meet Dec. 3-4, 2004, to develop the slate of candidates. Positions to be filled include the following:
Board of Directors: Member-at-large (2005-08); BSW student member (2005-08); regional representatives (2005-08) - Regions I, II, X, XIII.
National Committee on Nominations and Leadership Identification (2005-08): Regions II, III, V, IX.

In recommending nominees, members should bear in mind the following NASW bylaws:
The slate must reflect the ethnic minority distribution, sex distribution, sexual orientation distribution, geographic distribution, students, and special interests of membership. (In order to further implement 1996 bylaws amendments, members' self-identification of sexual orientation is invited on the nomination form.)
At least one board member must be a person whose current, most advanced degree is the baccalaureate.
The candidate for a nominations committee seat who garners the second-highest vote total in an electoral region will be the alternate to the elected committee member.
Current board members whose terms expire next June may be elected to other board positions, but may not succeed themselves in their current positions and may not be elected to a third consecutive board term in any capacity.

Only persons whose names are submitted to the nominations committee by Oct. 29, but are not included in the slate, may be included by petition on the final ballot. For details: (202) 336-8287

Teleconference on HIPAA

NASW is offering free one-hour teleconferences for members this fall about HIPAA regulations and where to find more information on the NASW Web site. Sherri Morgan, NASW Legal Defense Fund associate counsel, and Mirean Coleman, senior policy associate, will lead the teleconferences. Several sets of regulations for HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, are important for social workers, including those on:
privacy
electronic transactions and code sets
security
provider identifiers

No preregistration is required for the teleconferences. Members can call in and access the teleconferences through a code. Social workers cannot earn continuing education credits by participating in the teleconferences. The teleconferences will be held on Monday, Sept. 27, at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., and Thursday, Oct. 7, at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Eastern time. To participate, call (800) 416-8128. When prompted, dial 255176# to access the teleconference

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Vol. 49, No. 8, September 2004

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