It is recommended that AGAH seek to redefine EMPRES to make it clear, if indeed it is the case, that its mandate is broader than just "emergency prevention" and embraces the strengthening or establishment of surveillance, epidemiology, control and eradication planning and policies for disease situations with transboundary implications.
Just as the HMO requires its members to receive their care at Kaiser facilities in nearly all cases, it mandates that disputes be resolved in binding arbitration outside the public court system.
Nissanka Kumara Udalagama, the commission chairman, said it had completed work on seven of the cases by the time its mandate expired Sunday.
It's an ideal scenario for the SEC, which is investigating Theranos and widely expected to use a case against it to expand its mandate into Silicon Valley's startup ecosystem.
It's a nearly ideal scenario for the SEC, which is investigating Theranos and widely expected to use a case against it to expand its mandate into Silicon Valley's startup ecosystem.
It's one thing to entertain and educate young people on a rainy afternoon, but a children's museum has to stay afloat — in this case, by staying true to its mandate.
"We need something that encourages sharing of information, and in some cases mandates it," he said.
There are profound, and potentially competing, interests at stake in these tragic cases, which mandate careful consideration and militate against a rush to judgment.
In particular, lawmakers passed bills to improve legal counsel for poor defendants, including in capital cases; to mandate DNA testing for most capital defendants; and, finally, to outlaw the execution of mentally retarded killers, a bill vetoed by Gov. Rick Perry.
There has been, in most cases, no mandate requiring controlled pilot studies to show better outcomes and/or at decreased costs before their adoption.
