Adopted as Amended
2017-7
RESOLUTION
Subject: Health Care Reform and Mental Health/Addiction Services
Submitted by: Greater Louisville Medical Society
Referred to: Reference Committee
WHEREAS, the Kentucky Medical Association recognizes psychiatric and addictive diseases
to be medical conditions; and
WHEREAS, the Kentucky Medical Association recognizes that attending to the treatment of
mental illness and addiction is necessary for the health of our patients; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Kentucky Medical Association supports health care reform that meets
the needs of Kentuckians, including people with mental illness and substance use/addiction disorders,
and will advocate for the inclusion of full parity towards treatment equity of mental illness and substance
use/addiction disorders in any Kentucky health care reform legislation or regulation.
KMA House of Delegates
August 2017