Year: 2019
Resolution Number: 31
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): Tabitha Moses
Sponsor: Charles J. Barone II, MD
On behalf of: Wayne County Delegation
Committee: D (Public Health)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS amend policy: Substance Abuse During Pregnancy (Board-July96) by insertion and deletion as follows:MSMS opposes making the use of controlled substances during pregnancy a felony. MSMS encourages routine drug screening of pregnant women. MSMS opposes the removal of a child from its mother during the hospital stay solely due to evidence from a single positive drug test without an evaluation from a social worker; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to amend policy H-420.950 (Substance Use Disorders During Pregnancy) by insertion and deletion as follows:Our AMA will: (1) oppose any efforts to imply that the diagnosis of substance abuse disorder during pregnancy represents child abuse; and (2) support legislative and other appropriate efforts for the expansion and improved access to evidence-based treatment for substance use disorders during pregnancy.; and (3) oppose the removal of infants from their mothers solely based on a single positive prenatal drug screen without an evaluation from a social worker.
RESOLVED: That MSMS amend policy: Substance Abuse During Pregnancy (Board-July96) by insertion and deletion as follows:MSMS opposes making the use of controlled substances during pregnancy a felony. MSMS encourages routine drug screening of pregnant women. MSMS opposes the removal of a child from its mother during the hospital stay solely due to evidence from a single positive drug test without an evaluation from a social worker; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to amend policy H-420.950 (Substance Use Disorders During Pregnancy) by insertion and deletion as follows:Our AMA will: (1) oppose any efforts to imply that the diagnosis of substance abuse disorder during pregnancy represents child abuse; and (2) support legislative and other appropriate efforts for the expansion and improved access to evidence-based treatment for substance use disorders during pregnancy.; and (3) oppose the removal of infants from their mothers solely based on a single positive prenatal drug screen without an evaluation from a social worker.
Fiscal Note: $1,000 or more for costs related to the adoption of new or revised MSMS or AMA policy.
Resolution: View PDF for Substance Use During Pregnancy
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