Council on Legislation

About the Council on Legislation (COL)

See how the Council on Legislation (COL) makes recommendations to the AMA Board of Trustees about legislation and regulations at the federal and state levels.

Medical School Life

Medical student leadership opportunities

Take on leadership opportunities at the local, state or national levels to represent medical students and address their concerns.

Physician Advocacy

5 ways the midterms shook up the U.S. health care agenda for 2019

Prescription-drug pricing, gun violence and ACA-stabilization efforts are among the issues that could see new life next year.

Council on Legislation

Members of the Council on Legislation (COL)

Press Releases

Georgia physician elected as AMA president-elect

Patrice A. Harris, M.D., was elected as the new president-elect of AMA today. Dr. Harris is the first African-American woman to hold the office.

Leadership

Members Move Medicine: The tenacity to improve health care

AMA member Marilyn J. Heine, MD, builds relationships with policymakers to put health system problems on their radar and make those issues real.

Physician Advocacy

AMA model bills

View the most frequently used model state bills created for the Federation of Medicine and approved by the AMA Board of Trustees.

Council on Legislation

Willie Underwood III, MD

Willie Underwood III, MD, holds the position of chair on the Council on Legislation at the American Medical Association.