285.993 Discrimination in Child Custody Cases Against Parents with Disabilities: MSSNY will support legislative efforts to change the New York State Social Services statutes to remove discriminatory disability language in child custody and parental termination cases. (HOD 2009-164; Reaffirmed HOD 2019)
285.992: Specialty Society Committees to Eliminate Health Care Disparities MSSNY strongly encourages all state specialty medical societies to form a Committee on Health Equity, and these committees should share ideas and work together with MSSNY’s Committee on Health Equity as a coalition. MSSNY also strongly encourages all state specialty medical societies to incorporate, within
285.991 Development and Utilization of Clinical Decision Support Systems to Reduce Gender Disparities and Bias in Healthcare MSSNY will support implementation of clinical decision support systems designed to mitigate gender bias in diagnosis and treatment. (HOD 2017-165)
285.990 Reinstate the AMA Commission to Eliminate Health Care Disparities The Medical Society of the State of New York will urge the American Medical Association to reinstate the Commission to Eliminate Health Care Disparities, with the inclusion of goals and objectives, and Specific, Measurable, Agreed upon, Realistic and Time Related (SMART) metrics. This resolution will
285.989 Discriminatory Policies that Create Inequities in Health Care The Medical Society of the State of New York opposes policies that are discriminatory and create greater health disparities in medicine. MSSNY will be a voice for New York’s most vulnerable populations, including sexual, gender, racial and ethnic minorities, who suffer the most under such policies,
285.988 Advancing Gender Equity in Medicine MSSNY will promote pay structures based on objective, gender-neutral criteria; and/or develop educational programs to help empower physicians of all genders to negotiate equitable compensation. It will advocate for training to identify and mitigate implicit bias in compensation decision making for those in positions to determine salary and bonuses,
285.987 MSSNY Policy on Gender Equity in Medicine MSSNY supports institutional, departmental and practice policies that promote transparency in defining the criteria for initial and subsequent physician compensation; and will advocate for pay structures based on objective, gender-neutral criteria. MSSNY will encourage a specified approach, sufficient to identify gender disparity, to oversight of compensation models,
285.986 Racism and Intersectionality in Medicine MSSNY affirms that racism is a public health crisis. MSSNY will evaluate its mission statement to be clear that it supports equity in all aspects of its work. MSSNY will systematically evaluate its policies and procedures to be clear that it supports equity in all aspects of its work,
285.985 Support Physicians Providing Gender Affirming Care for Youth The Medical Society of the State of New York supports physicians in New York who provide gender-affirming care to people including transgender and non-binary youth. MSSNY opposes the criminalization of providing gender-affirming care for youth. (HOD 2021-157)
285.984 Opposition to Discriminatory Treatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers MSSNY opposes discrimination of Haitian asylum seekers which denies them the same opportunity to attain asylum status as individuals from other nations. A resolution will also be forwarded to the AMA seeking adoption of similar policy. .(Adopted by Council 11/4/2021)
