Reference Committee B

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Item TypeSort ascending by Item Type	Resolution	Comments	Recent
Closed topic BOT 01 - Calling for a Multifaceted Approach to the Illicit Fentanyl Crisis By HOD Office Posted: 9/17/2025	1	6	By Nathan Hoff Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic BOT 02 - Laser Surgery By HOD Office Posted: 9/17/2025	2	16	By Nathan Hoff Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic BOT 03 - Stark Law Self-Referral Ban By HOD Office Posted: 9/17/2025	3	8	By MATTHEW GOLD Posted: 10/28/2025
Closed topic BOT 04 - American Medical Association (AMA) Efforts on Addressing and Reducing Patient Boarding in Emergency Departments (EDs) By HOD Office Posted: 9/17/2025	4	5	By Marilyn Heine Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic BOT 06 - Information Blocking Rule By HOD Office Posted: 9/17/2025	6	5	By Deborah Fletcher Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic BOT 07 - Codification of the Chevron Deference Doctrine By HOD Office Posted: 9/17/2025	7	5	By Melissa Garretson Posted: 10/30/2025
Closed topic BOT 12 - Support For Doula Care Programs By HOD Office Posted: 9/17/2025	12	10	By Melissa Garretson Posted: 10/30/2025
Closed topic BOT 13 - Antidiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ+ Youth in Foster Care By HOD Office Posted: 9/17/2025	13	12	By Melissa Garretson Posted: 10/30/2025
Closed topic BOT 15 - Protecting Evidence-Based Medicine, Public Health Infrastructure and Biomedical Research Report By HOD Office Posted: 9/17/2025	15	3	By Abhishek Dharan Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic BOT 16 - Preservation of Medicaid By HOD Office Posted: 9/17/2025	16	11	By Adrienne Adams Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 201 - Model State Legislation incorporating Medical Malpractice Tort Reform Based on Utah H.B. 503 (2025) By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	201	16	By WILLIAM REHA Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 202 - Deepfake Technology and Harm to Physicians and Patients By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	202	6	By KARTHIK SARMA Posted: 10/28/2025
Closed topic Res 203 - (RECOMMENDED FOR REAFFIRMATION) - Restore and Enhance Federal Loan Programs for Medical Education By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	203	12	By MARK MEYER Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 204 - Addressing Anti-Physician Contractual Provisions By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	204	15	By MARTIN TRICHTINGER Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 205 - Restoring Balance Billing and Allowing Copay Forgiveness to Preserve Independent Practice and Improve Access to Care By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	205	8	By Daniel Kerekes Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 206 - (RECOMMENDED FOR REAFFIRMATION) - Restore Funding to USAID By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	206	6	By MARK MEYER Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 207 - Support for a Federal Tax Incentive for Volunteer Community Preceptors By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	207	8	By MARK MEYER Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 208 - (RECOMMENDED FOR REAFFIRMATION) - Centralization of Medicare Provider Data Sources By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	208	3	By Steven Chen Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 209 - Support for Legislative Changes Allowing Partial Medicare Opt-Out for Physicians By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	209	8	By Rebekah Bernard Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 210 - (RECOMMENDED FOR REAFFIRMATION) - PBM Divestiture and Transparency By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	210	9	By LUCY PETERSON Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 211 - Access to, and Retention of, Electronic Medical Records By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	211	7	By Margaret Compton Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 212 - Acknowledging Flexibility on Buprenorphine Mono-product Use for Opioid Use Disorder By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	212	9	By Deborah Fletcher Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 213 - (RECOMMENDED FOR REAFFIRMATION) - Pathways to U. S. Permanent Residency for H-1B Physicians By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	213	12	By Ida Vaziri Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 214 - (RECOMMENDED FOR REAFFIRMATION) - Physician Visa Protection and Pathway to Serve Underserved Communities By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	214	10	By ILAN SHAPIRO strygler Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 215 - Extending the Medicaid Work Requirement Exemption up to 12 Months Postpartum By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	215	12	By Tiffani Bell Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 216 - (RECOMMENDED FOR REAFFIRMATION) - Ensuring Timely J-1 Visa Processing to Protect IMG Participation in Residency Programs By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	216	8	By Lauren St. Peter Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 217 - (RECOMMENDED FOR REAFFIRMATION) - Protecting Access to Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), Income-Driven Repayment (IDR), and Direct Plus Loans for Graduate or Professional Students (Grad PLUS Loans) By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	217	14	By Marianne Parshley Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 218 - Amend AMA Policy D-160.921 on Sensitive Locations to Protected Areas By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	218	10	By LUCY PETERSON Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 219 - Addressing the Harms and Misleading Nature of Medicare Advantage Plans By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	219	8	By JOSEPH COSTABILE Posted: 10/28/2025
Closed topic Res 220 - Medicare Should not Unfairly Penalize Physicians By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	220	4	By Rishab Chawla Posted: 10/28/2025
Closed topic Res 221 - Not-for-Profit Status By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	221	7	By Abhishek Dharan Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 222 - (RECOMMENDED FOR REAFFIRMATION) - Tackling Administrative Waste—Let Us Be Part of the Solution to Putting Our Health System on a Sustainable Path By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	222	6	By Joshua Rosenow Posted: 10/28/2025
Closed topic Res 223 - Halt the Rollout of New Payment Models by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)—A New Administration Offers an Opportunity By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	223	12	By Sophia Spadafore Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 224 - Recoupment by CMS Recovery and Audit Contractors (RAC)—Due Process By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	224	7	By ALEX SHTEYNSHLYUGER Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 225 - (RECOMMENDED FOR REAFFIRMATION) - Federal Legislation to Prohibit the Corporate Practice of Medicine By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	225	10	By Victoria Cimino Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 226 - Transparency with the Term “Emergency Department” By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	226	10	By Deborah Fletcher Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 227 - (RECOMMENDED FOR REAFFIRMATION) Call for Immediate and Aggressive Action by the AMA to Reverse Medicaid Cuts Impacting Seniors By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	227	12	By Marianne Parshley Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 228 - Support Permanent Funding and Expansion of Native Hawaiian Healthcare By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	228	4	By Micah Char Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 229 - Protection of Medicaid Beneficiaries’ Private Health Information from Immigration Enforcement By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	229	8	By Joshua Carrasco Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 230 - (RECOMMENDED FOR REAFFIRMATION) - Banning Non-compete Agreements in States By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	230	12	By Victoria Cimino Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 231 - (RECOMMENDED FOR REAFFIRMATION) - Ensuring Equitable and Timely Medical Licensure for Physicians Providing Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	231	11	By Hailey Greenstone Posted: 10/30/2025
Closed topic Res 232 - Safeguarding Access to IVF Amid Restorative Reproductive Medicine Legislation By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	232	24	By Adrienne Nguyen Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 233 - Renewing Mental Health Infrastructure in the School System By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	233	7	By Ram Batta Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 234 - Study on Impact of Inflation Reduction Act on Oncology, Other Physician Practices By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	234	4	By Laurie Lapp Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 235 - (Recommended Against Consideration) - Ensuring Medical Liability Insurance Transparency and Continuity By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	235	2	By Sophia Spadafore Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 236 - Deceptive Advertising in Accredited Allied Health Professional, Non-Physician Graduate Programs By HOD Office Posted: 10/5/2025	236	14	By Erin Shriver Posted: 10/29/2025
Closed topic Res 237 - (RECOMMENDED FOR REAFFIRMATION) - Protecting and Improving Rural Health By HOD Office Posted: 10/8/2025	237	10	By DIONNE HART Posted: 10/29/2025

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Graduate Medical Education initiatives and advocacy

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