HOUSE OF DELEGATES
2025 Resolutions and Reports
The following links will direct you to dropbox.com where the 2025 Resolutions are hosted. Comments may also be sent via email to [email protected]
- 2025 Report of the House Committee on Bylaws
- 1 – Alternative County Medical Society Option for Members Within Inactive Counties
- 2 – Amended Retired Member Category
- 3 – Allocate Councilor Positions Based on County Membership Size
- 4 – Allowing Student Members Equal Rights in the MSSNY
- 5 – Committees That Submit Resolutions Have a Voice On The Discussion
- Govt A Sunset Report
- 50 – Requiring Insurances to apply discounted cost medication to the patient’s deductible
- 51 – Universal Out of Network Benefits
- 52 – Unfair recoupment practices by Insurance companies
- 53 – Credit Card Madness
- 54 – Reversing Redundant Training
- 55 – Urgent Changes for Access to Early Intervention Services in New York
- 56 – Enforcement of New York State Prohibition of Corporate Practice of Medicine
- 57 – Combating the Corporatization of Healthcare – Disincentivize Vertical Consolidation
- 58 – Ban Noncompete Agreements
- 59 – Allow Trained Health Care Professionals to Provide Immunizations at County Board of Health Programs Without Legal Liability
- 60 – Improving Transparency of Non-Physician Practitioners
- 61 – International Medical Graduates as a Solution to Physician Shortage
- 62 – Need for Separate H1B Pathway for IMG Doctors in the USA
- 63 – Establishing that Physicians provide the highest standard of care for patients
- 64 – Reducing Risk of Federal Investigation or Prosecution for Prescribing Controlled Addiction Medications for Legitimate Medical Purposes
- 65 – NY Liability Commission
- 66 – Promoting responsible Artificial Intelligence adoption through defined scope of practice
- Govt B Sunset Report
- 100 – Lab Test Without Physician Orders
- 101 – Remove outdated barriers to genetic testing
- 102 – Medication Rx Simplification
- 103 – Prohibit Arbitrary Time Limits on Preauthorizations
- 104 – Not-For-Profit Status
- 105 – Advocating for Requiring All Health Insurance Companies to Operate as Non-Profit Organizations
- 106 – Increased Regulation of For-profit Healthcare Insurance
- 107 – Support Admission of Applicants from Rural Areas in NY Medical Schools
- 108 – Support SAVE Plan and PSLF Applications
- 109 – Improved Access to Acupuncture Services for Chronic Pain Treatment under Medicaid in New York
- 110 – Promote Awareness of Image Cast Evolution (ICE) and Ballot Marker Devices (BMD) for Voters with Visual Impairments
- 111 – Addressing the Worsening Shortage of Primary Care Physicians Available to Care for Children and Young Adults
- 112 – Addressing Additional State Mandated Educational Requirements for Physicians
- 113 – Continuation of Affordable Connectivity Program
- 114 – Medicare Advantage is Misleading
- 115 – Tax Free Overtime for Physicians
- Public Health & Education Sunset Report
- 150 – Amend Position 260.883 – Osteoporosis Awareness Education and Treatment
- 151 – Increasing Education about Long Covid
- 152 – Adoption of a Defined Safe Passing Law in New York State
- 153 – Uniform Regulation and Safety Measures for E-Bikes
- 154 – Mitigating Air and Noise Pollution from Aviation in Minority Communities
- 155 – Supporting Policies That Encourage Fortification Of Nutrient-Dense Foods
- 156 – Advocate for a Ban on Marketing Unhealthy Foods to Children
- 157 – Access to and Merger of both the New York State Immunization Information System and the Citywide Immunization Registry
- 158 – Requiring Universal Vaccine reporting to the New York State Immunization Information System or Citywide Immunization Registry
- 159 – Interfacility EMS Transport
- 160 – Establishing Standards for EMS Patient Care Report (PCR) Data Collection and Transmission
- 161 – Warning labels on OTC sleep aids
- 162 – Nitrous Oxide Abuse
- 163 – Labeling of Cannabis Products with the Letters MD and DO
- 164 – Allowing Timely Access to Pain Medications in Discharged Hospital and Ambulatory Surgery Patients
- 165 – Defining Masks Acceptable for Medical Use in New York State
- 166 – Rescind MSSNY Position Statement 95-964 MSSNY Supports Medical Aid in Dying and Adopt Again a Position Opposed to Medically Assisted Dying Assisted Suicide
- 167 – Resolution to Oppose the Death Aid in Dying Proposed Bill
- 168 – Public Toilets in NYC
- Report of Officers Sunset Report
- 200 – Ensuring Physician-Led Training for Medical Students and Residents
- 201 – A Physician’s Forum to Support and Connect Employed Physicians
- 202 – Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Personalized Medical Education and Patient Care
- 203 – Truth in Healthcare Advertising
- 204 – Patients Choice to Opt-in for Facial Technology in the Use and Storage of their Medical Records
- 205 – Enhancing the Pathway For African American Male Medical Students
- 206 – Allow Virtual Presence of Committee Members at Public Government Meetings to Count Towards a Quorum
- 207 – Supporting Physicians with Children in MSSNY
- 208 – MSSNY Resolutions – Include primary author
- 209 – Consideration in Scheduling MSSNY Virtual Meetings To Accommodate Religious Observance
- 210 – Adopting and Amending AMA Policy D-160-921 as MSSNY Policy on Sensitive Locations Protected Areas
- 211 – Policy over popularity – AMA Elections
- 212 – A Task Force to Work with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to Tackle Administrative Waste
- 213 – AMA Revenue Sharing from CPT Code Sales
- 214 – Reduction and uniformity of AMA dues
- 215 – Stipends For Delegates Attending AMA Meetings
- Socio-Medical Economics Sunset Report
- 250 – Addressing the Physician Shortage and Insurance Panel Restrictions in New York
- 251 – Ensuring Direct Payment to Providers for Out-of-Network Services
- 252 – Support for Protections Against Health Insurance Industry Limitations on Anesthesia Delivery
- 253 – Mandate for Insurance Companies to Assist in the Transition of Patients to Alternative Participating Physicians Upon Contract Termination
- 254 – Mandating Health Insurers to Provide a Real-Time Online Tool for Coverage and Payment Policies, Integrated into Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
- 255 – Prohibiting Insurers from Denying Payment for Procedures Based on Site of Service
- 256 – Unified Medical Staff Application Platform for All New York State Hospital Systems
- 257 – AMA Should Develop its Own Diagnostic Code Set to Replace ICD-10
- 258 – The Crisis in the Availability of Primary Care – Halt the required participation of small practices in value-based payment (VBP) models
- 259 – Halt the rollout of new payment models by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), a new administration offers an opportunity
- 260 – The Private Practice Physicians in the Community
- 261 – Excessive wait times for primary and specialty physician appointments
- 262 – Patient Access To The Full Medical Record in Real Time
- 263 – Ensuring Fair Reimbursement Rates for Physicians in New York
- 264 – Patient Access To Patient Review Instrument and Screen Assessment
- 265 – Patient Knowledge of Who Accessed Their Medical Record and Input and Control Over Who May Not Access Their Medical Record
- 266 – Rethink the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit
Late Resolutions
- Late A – 21st Century Governance for MSSNY
- Late B – Supporting Use of Firearm Suppressors
- Late C – Protecting the Integrity of the U.S. Healthcare System from Misinformation and Policy
- Late D – Preservation of Medicaid
- Late E – Vaccine Matters
- Late F – Electronic voting by MSSNY Committee members for Committee Decisions
- Late G – Disclosure of Individual Physician Volunteers Participation in Committee Decision-making to other Organizations, Stakeholders and Joint Providers
