Year: 2018
Resolution Number: 23
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status: In Progress
Author(s): Jayne Courts, MD
Sponsor: Lee P. Begrow, DO
On behalf of: Kent County Delegation
Committee: B (Legislation)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with the Michigan Hospice and Palliative Care Association and with Michigan legislators to amend each of the recently passed opioid laws to include legal exemptions to the provisions within these statutes when prescribing controlled substances for active malignancy and/or hospice patients as well as those receiving palliative care.
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with the Michigan Hospice and Palliative Care Association and with Michigan legislators to amend each of the recently passed opioid laws to include legal exemptions to the provisions within these statutes when prescribing controlled substances for active malignancy and/or hospice patients as well as those receiving palliative care.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Barriers to Pain Medication for Palliative Care and Hospice Patients
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