Here are six takeaways:
1. The society testified before the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
2. Chad A. Asplund, MD, MPH, represented the AMSSM. Dr. Asplund is the chair of AMSSM’s practice and policy committee.
3. Many states fail to recognize the license of out-of-state medical professionals, putting these professionals at risk when they administer care to their athletes during games in another state.
4. Some states allow professionals to get a temporary license, but these licensees are often costly and can take a significant amount of time to obtain.
5. The bill’s three main parts include:
- Ensuring medical professionals’ licenses are valid when crossing state lines with their teams for officially sanctioned events, as long as care is confined within the parameters of the bill
- Making sure the medical practice act in the medical professional’s home state dictates the scope of practice, licensure requirements and laws, rules and regulations governing their actions
- Ensuring medical professionals’ medical malpractice and liability coverage can and will cover them when they are traveling outside of their state borders for an officially sanctioned event
6. Several organizations support the bill, including the Leading Sports Medicine Organizations, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, among others.
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