 | Advocate
for passage of New York City wide, and soon to be statewide, controls on
e-cigarettes including banning e-cigarette sale to minors.
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| Continue
to advocate for our revised and reintroduced Maternal Depression legislation
to allow pediatricians to screen Moms for maternal depression and to get
paid for it.
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| Fight
for fair payment for immunization and immunization through legislation and
work with insurers with our Pediatric Councils.
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| Continue
to work with insurers through our Chapter 2 Pediatric Council to make sure
pediatricians get fairly paid for the work they are doing.
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| Offer
Chapter 2 members local educational opportunities. Dinner Conferences on
ICD-10 Implementation and Developmental Disabilities will be announced soon.
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| Provide
opportunities for members to work on pediatric issues important to them and
their practice of medicine through development of SPS and participation in
many active Chapter 2 Committees.
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| Support
our members in their work to raise grant funds for programs in their
communities.
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| Speak
out on major issues like children in poverty, the increase in homeless
families, children's unmet need for mental health services including
services in the primary care setting, the erosion of herd immunity due to
parental vaccine hesitancy, environmental concerns including fracking,
chemicals in home fabrics and cosmetics, and increases in asthma, diabetes
and obesity in children, the increases in substance abuse of prescription
drugs, as well as the recent turn toward heroine.
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| Advocate
for physicians adversely affected by the ACA.
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| Advocate
for Children and Pediatrics in Albany and in Washington.
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