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        <Explanation>COOK CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS COMPRISED OF 9 COMPANIES, INCLUDING A MEDICAL CENTER, PHYSICIAN NETWORK, HEALTH PLAN, HOME HEALTH COMPANY, INDEMNITY COMPANY, HEALTH FOUNDATION, NORTHEAST HOSPITAL, PEDIATRIC SURGERY CENTER, AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM COMPANY. THE CEO AND CFO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF ALL FOREMENTIONED COMPANIES. AS A RESULT, THEIR SALARIES ARE ALLOCATED PRO-RATA, BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY SPEND WITH EACH COMPANY.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION, COOK CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HAS THE POWER TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND TO ELECT THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>As the sole member of the organization, Cook Children's Health Care System has the exclusive power to do any of the following: a. Amend, alter or repeal the bylaws; b. Amend the certificate of formation of the organization; c. Determine the number of members of the Board of Trustees and to elect the members of the Board of Trustees; d. Approve any merger, acquisition, liquidation, winding up, termination or consolidation of the organization; e. Approve the sale, gift or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property of the organization; and f. Approve the creation of, or investment in, any subsidiary entity.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>Every year the Legal Department of the Cook Children's Health Care System ("System") sends out a Form 990 Questionnaire/Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement to officers, directors, trustees and key employees of all System companies. The responses are reviewed by the Legal, Finance, and Compliance Departments. Follow up and/or corrective action is taken as needed with respect to responses that indicate the existence of actual or potential conflicts of interest. The responses to the questionnaires and follow-up information are provided to the System Audit Committee for review and follow-up. Further, the Audit Committee of Cook Children's Health Care System is responsible for monitoring the implementation and enforcement of the Conflict of Interest Policy in force for all affiliated companies of the Cook Children's Health Care System. The Audit Committee is also responsible for oversight of the Compliance Department of Cook Children's Health Care System. The Compliance Department maintains a hot-line to receive reports of inappropriate activities including activities that might constitute a conflict of interest. Internal Audit and Compliance also conduct random audits of corporate activities such as expense reimbursements and accounts payable to determine if any inappropriate payments are being made to individuals, some of which could be evidence of a conflict of interest. Any corrective action related to conflicts of interest would be reported to the Audit Committee for review, approval, and modification, as necessary.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>Cook Children's Health Care System has established a Compensation Committee with oversight of executive and physician compensation. The Compensation Committee approves compensation arrangements in advance, which includes a review and approval by independent persons, using comparable market data relating to compensation, which is provided by Sullivan Cotter and Associates, Inc., an independent, nationally recognized compensation consultant. The Compensation Committee documents the basis for its determinations following contemporaneous substantiation of the Compensation Committee's deliberation and decision. The Compensation Committee requires the compensation consultant to update market data periodically, usually every two years, with interim reviews being conducted as needed. With regard to physician compensation, the Compensation Committee also retains the law firm of McDermott, Will &amp; Emery of Chicago, Illinois, to issue a reasonableness opinion covering the physician compensation plan for Cook Children's Physician Network.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT MAKE ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS OR CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THEY ARE ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF TEXAS. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS POSTED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S INTERNAL WEBSITE AND AVAILABLE TO ALL EMPLOYEES AND BOARD MEMBERS OF COOK CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ENTITIES. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE REPORTED ELECTRONICALLY FOR ALL COOK CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ENTITIES VIA THE ELECTRONIC MUNICIPAL MARKET ACCESS ("EMMA") WEB SITE.</Explanation>
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