The agence's BOARD OF DIRECTORS

identifying priorities based on the needs of the client population and the services to be provided;
distributing the human, physical and financial resources at its disposal;
appointing senior managers and the regional service quality commissioner;
passing the regulations needed to conduct the Agence's affairs and fulfill its responsabilities.

The board of directors has three committees with the mandate to examine specific issues and make recommendations.

the audit committee;
the planning and evaluation committee;
the resource allocation and service agreement follow-up committee.

An act respecting local health and social services network development agencies, passed and ratified in December 2003, redefined the board of directors' composition. In January 2004, 16 members were appointed by the Minister.

The audit committee's mandate involves:

meeting with the Auditor General of Quebec before the interim audit to review the points to be addressed in the interim audit;
becoming apprised, once the audit has taken place, of the auditor general's recommendations and of any internal control improvements, as required;
conducting a follow-up identical to that in the previous point following the audit conducted at the end of the fiscal year, and approving the financial statements of March 31st so that a recommendation can be made to the board of directors;
approving the banking service agreement, wich lasts four years and is subject to a tendering process, and making a recommendation to the board of directors on this issue.

The planning and evaluation committee's mandate notably involves:

Recommend to the board of directors for adoption the regional plans, including those covering programs, organization of services, human resources, information resources, medical staffing as well as accessibility to health and social services in the English language.
Oversee the monitoring, follow-up and evaluation of regional plans as well as the performance and productivity of the regional network.
Analyze the recommendations arising from the population Forum, the regional multidisciplinary commission, the regional nursing commission, the regional department of general medicine, the table of heads of departments of specialized medicine, the regional committee on pharmaceutical services, the regional committee on access to health and social services in the English language, and recommend to the board of directors next steps, as the case may be.

The resource allocation and service agreement follow-up committee's mandate involves:

Recommend to the board of directors the methods, principles and criteria to use when allocating resources to establishments and community organizations.
Analyze and recommend to the board of directors, using the agreed-upon methods, principles and criteria, the distribution of resources between establishments and community organizations.
Present to the board of directors the management and assistance agreement between the Agence de Montréal and the ministre de la Santé et des Services sociaux (Ministry of Health and Social Services) and oversee follow-up activities.
Within the relevant legal and regulatory framework, execute all mandates given by the board of directors regarding allocation of resources.

Last updated: 2008-11-05

List of members

Dr Pierre Bourgouin
François Charbonneau, président du comité de planification et d'évaluation
Pierre Dupuis, président du comité de vérification
Victor C. Goldbloom, président
Wassyla Hadjabi
Jean-Vianney Jutras
Elizabeth Khabar-Dembil
Yvon Lamarre, président du comité d'allocation des ressources et de suivi des ententes de gestion
David Levine, président-directeur général
Dr Ronald Ludman
Suzanne Marceau
Dr Denis Roy
Yves Sylvain
Wendy Thomson
Monika Throner, présidente du comité de vigilance et de la qualité
2 postes à combler

date modified: 2010-09

Agenda of the next meeting

Next regular meeting of the board of directors of the Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal: September 21, 2010, at 6:00 p.m. in room 107 at the Agence.

Draft agenda availlable in September

Procès-verbaux (French only)

Meeting schedule

The meetings are public and the population is invited to attend. Seating is limited. Please note that, in order to ask the board of directors a question during question period, you must register during the registration period, which starts at 5:30 p.m.

Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: the Agence's headquarters
3725 Saint-Denis Street, Room 105-107
Montreal

Schedule 2010-2011

Date	Time
September 21, 2010	18 h
November 2, 2010	18 h
December 7, 2010	18 h
February 15, 2011	18 h
March 22, 2011	18 h
May 3, 2011	18 h
June 14, 2011	18 h

Questions from the public

Procedure for asking the board of directors a question

To speak during question period, wich takes place at 6:00 p.m., you must register at 5:30 p.m. with the person in charge of questions in the Agence's lobby. To find out more about the procedure for public sessions of the board of directors, see this document.(french only).

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