New England AMA Delegation Meets in Providence, R.I.
On Saturday, May 6, the New England Delegation to the AMA met in Providence, R.I., to consider proposed resolutions to present to the AMA House of Delegates at the Annual Meeting in June in Chicago. Attending from Maine were AMA delegate Maroulla Gleaton, M.D., MMA President and alternate AMA delegate Charles Pattavina, M.D. and EVP Gordon Smith. AMA delegate Richard Evans, M.D., who chairs the New England Delegation was unable to attend because of an illness in his family.
Resolutions considered and receiving the two-thirds vote for endorsement of the delegation include the following:
- Retail Prescription Bottle Label Privacy
- Mandatory Public Health Reporting of Law-enforcement-Related Injuries and Deaths
- Towards Eliminating ERISA State Preemption of Health Plan Liability
- Policy and Economic Support for Early Child Care
- Appropriate Placement of Transgender Prisoners
- Protection of Clinician-Patient Privilege
- Retail price of Drugs Displayed in Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising
The AMA House of Delegates will convene on Saturday, June 10 in Chicago.
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