As part of its policy-making process, the California Medical Association (CMA) allows members to submit resolutions for debate and discussion throughout the year. Once a resolution has been accepted, any member can submit testimony, which will be considered by the councils as they make policy recommendations.

Resolutions that have been accepted as business and are accepting testimony for Q3 include:

• 108-23: Front-of-Package Labeling for Foods High in Calories, Sugar, Fats, or Sodium
• 109-23: Tobacco Endgame: Supporting A Generational Tobacco Phaseout of Sales
• 601-23: Access to Reproductive Health Services when Completing Physician Certification Exam

The Q3 testimony period will be open through June 28, 2023, at cmadocs.org/resolutions. 

A number of other resolutions accepted as business for a future quarter are also open for testimony:

• 106-23: Adding the Environmental to the Social Determinants of Health
• 107-23: Developing and Utilizing Patient Health Questionnaires that Uncover Social and Environmental Health Risks
• 110-23: Reducing Harm from Alcohol and Funding Medi-Cal Access
• 203-23: Encouraging New Features in Electronic Health Records to Promote Prevention and Public Health
• 204-23: The Attempt to Fully Privatize Medicare Must Be Stopped
• 301-23: Consolidation of the Monterey County Medical Society
• 502-23: Supporting Survivor Health, Safety, and Autonomy