Year: 2020
Resolution Number: 9
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status: In Progress
Author(s): Clara Hwang, MD
Sponsor: Clara Hwang, MD and Tabitha Moses, MS
On behalf of: Wayne County Delegation
Committee: B (Legislation)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with the Michigan Legislature, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, and the Michigan Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery to direct Michigan’s Health Professional Recovery Programs to adopt policy that permits physicians diagnosed with substance use disorder to receive counseling and medication assisted treatment as a means to ensure they receive effective clinical care to aid in their recovery and safe and ethical return to clinical practice; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to our American Medical Association (AMA) encourage our AMA to work with stakeholders including the Federation of State Medical Boards and the Federation of State Physician Health Programs to develop guidelines supporting the adoption of policies by state-based Physician Health Programs to permit physicians diagnosed with substance use disorder to receive counseling and medication assisted treatment to ensure physicians receive effective clinical care to aid in their recovery and safe and ethical return to clinical practice; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to work with stakeholders including the Federation of State Medical Boards and the Federation of State Physician Health Programs to develop model legislation permitting state Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine to waive punitive sanctions for physicians who voluntarily self-report their physical, mental, and substance use disorders and engage with a Physician Health Program and who successfully complete the terms of participation.
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with the Michigan Legislature, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, and the Michigan Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery to direct Michigan’s Health Professional Recovery Programs to adopt policy that permits physicians diagnosed with substance use disorder to receive counseling and medication assisted treatment as a means to ensure they receive effective clinical care to aid in their recovery and safe and ethical return to clinical practice; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to our American Medical Association (AMA) encourage our AMA to work with stakeholders including the Federation of State Medical Boards and the Federation of State Physician Health Programs to develop guidelines supporting the adoption of policies by state-based Physician Health Programs to permit physicians diagnosed with substance use disorder to receive counseling and medication assisted treatment to ensure physicians receive effective clinical care to aid in their recovery and safe and ethical return to clinical practice; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to work with stakeholders including the Federation of State Medical Boards and the Federation of State Physician Health Programs to develop model legislation permitting state Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine to waive punitive sanctions for physicians who voluntarily self-report their physical, mental, and substance use disorders and engage with a Physician Health Program and who successfully complete the terms of participation.
Fiscal Note: $25,000+
Resolution: View PDF for Medication-Assisted Treatment in Physician Health Programs
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