Annual Meeting and Fall House of Delegates Meeting

Reports and Regulations

The following reports and resolutions were adopted by the House of Delegates:

• BOT Report 2-19 - Follow Up to Resolutions from Spring 2019 House of Delegates Meeting
• BOT Report 3-19 - MedChi Strategic Planning Progress Report
• BOT Report 4-19 - 2020 Budget
• CL Report 1-19 - Review of 2019 Legislative Agenda
• MCTF Report 1-19 - Report of the Medical Cannabis Task Force
• Resolution 11-19 - Medical Cannabis Compliance
• Resolution 12-19 - Medical Cannabis Dosage and Warning Labels
• Resolution 13-19 - Medical Cannabis Taxation
• Resolution 14-19 - Gun Violence and Mental Health Stigma in the Media
• Resolution 15-19 - Background Checks for Long Gun Sales
• Resolution 17-19 - Supporting Research into the Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelics
• Resolution 18-19 - Supporting Culture Transformation Initiative at U MD School of Medicine and U MD Medical Center
• Resolution 19-19 - Board Immunity
• Resolution 20-19 - Taxation Exemption
• Resolution 21-19 - Immunization - Repeal of Religious Exemption
• Resolution 22-19 - Requirement for all Maryland School Teachers and Staff to Receive Flu Vaccine
• Resolution 23-19 - Reducing Administrative Burdens Associated with ImmuNet and Maryland's PDMP
• Resolution 24-19 - Outpatient Mental Health Clinic Medical Directors
• Resolution 25-19 - Payor Physician Rating Systems
• Resolution 26-19 - Physician In-practice Preparation of Medicine
• Resolution 27-19 - Expanding Maryland's Step Therapy Law to Include Additional Patient Protections
• Resolution 28-19 - Health Insurers - Collection of Co-pays and Deductibles
• Resolution 29-19 - Integration of Mental Health, Substance Use, and Primary Care Systems and Services
• Resolution 32-19 - Fair Treatment of Integrative Medicine Physicians

• Resolution 10-19 - Recreational Cannabis Age Limit
• Resolution 30-19 - Chestertown Rural Health Care Delivery System

The following reports and resolutions were referred not adopted:

• Memorial Resolution - Donald Theodore Lewers, MD
• Memorial Resolution - George Newman II, MD
• Report of the Center for a Healthy Maryland
• Report of the AMA Delegation
• Report of the MedChi Opioid Committee

Spring House of Delegates Meeting

Reports and Regulations

The following reports and resolutions were adopted by the House of Delegates:

• BOT Report 1-19 - Follow up to Resolutions from 2018 House of Delegates Meetings
• CMP Report 1-19 - Report on MedChi's Activities with CRISP
• Resolution 1-19 - Study Regarding Current Maryland Medical Cannabis Regulations and Risks to Patients
• Resolution 2-19 - Study to Determine Causes of Physician Compensation Disparity in Maryland
• Resolution 3-19 - Advancing Gender Equity in Medicine
• Resolution 4-19 - Awarding MedChi & Component Membership Posthumously
• Resolution 6-19 - Ethical Use of Cadavers in Medical Education and Research
• Resolution 8-19 - Support for Buprenorphine Training to Encourage More Buprenorphine Providers
• Resolution 9-19 - Maintaining Accurate and Current Immunization Records

The following reports and resolutions were referred to the Board of Trustees for further consideration:

• Resolution 5-19 - Evidence-Based Care of Individuals Born with Differences in Sex Development
• Resolution 7-19 - Heath Insurers and Collection of Co-Pays and Deductibles

Informational Reports

• Emeritus Member Requests
• 40 Year Members
• Report of the MedChi Insurance Agency
• Report of the Center for a Healthy Maryland