Year: 2010
Resolution Number: 84
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): Jayne E. Courts, MD
Sponsor: Domenic R. Federico, MD
On behalf of: Kent County Delegation
Committee: E (Science & Education Affairs)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to pursue a federal mandate that all federal health care-related agencies (e.g., the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) must demonstrate the benefit of existing regulations and new regulations within the first year of implementation; and that the demonstration of benefit must employ evidence-based standards of care; and that any regulations that do not show proven benefit, must be revised or rescinded.RATIONALE: The Committee amended the resolved slightly to condense the wording without taking away from the intent of the resolution.
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to pursue a federal mandate that all federal health care-related agencies (e.g., the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) must demonstrate the benefit of existing regulations and new regulations within the first year of implementation; and that the demonstration of benefit must employ evidence-based standards of care; and that any regulations that do not show proven benefit, must be revised or rescinded.RATIONALE: The Committee amended the resolved slightly to condense the wording without taking away from the intent of the resolution.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Evidence-Based Standard Requirement for Governmental Regulations