Agenda - DRAFT

State Advocacy Committee Meeting

8:15am October 2 - 2:00pm October 3, 2017

American Society of Anesthesiologists, Multipurpose Room 3

Schaumburg, IL

A. Call to Order, Roll Call / Introductions; OEVP Welcome (Day 2, 9:30 a.m.)

B. Introductory Items

  1. Guidance Documents (Conflict of Interest Policy, Travel Policy, Confidentiality Policy, Volunteer Contributions Policy, SAC Charge, and Job Description)
  2. Approve Agenda
  3. Approve Minutes
  1. March 20, 2017 In-Person Meeting
  1. Future Meetings
  1. Schedule Spring 2018 meeting dates
  2. Schedule conference calls
  1. Housekeeping
  2. Ground transportation: Email Christina () with your departure details—time, airport, airline.
  3. 2017-2018 Roster (Reminder – if needed, please update your contact information on-line and notify staff)
  4. 2017 SAC Expense Report - SAC specific account codes added. Email Jamae at by October 17, 2017.
  5. Reports (Electronic reports received in advance of the meeting will be added to the agenda with each update and noted in the minutes. Verbal reports should be kept to less than 5 minutes and will be noted in the minutes.)
  1. Multi-Entity Working Groups
  1. CoVS SAC: Model Veterinary Practice Act
  2. MVPA review staff memo
  1. Subcommittee Reports
  2. Liaison Reports
  1. Board of Directors (Dr. Teller)
  2. July 2017 BOD Summary
  3. July 2017 HOD Summary
  4. Legislative Advisory Committee (Dr. Nunamaker)
  5. House of Delegates (Dr. Blount)
  6. Veterinary Medical Association Executives (Ms. Kane)
  7. Student AVMA (Mr. Kulpa)
  1. Member Reports
  2. AVMA Staff

C. Unfinished Business

  1. Unresolved Policy Recommendations
  2. SAC Policies for review in Fall 2017
  3. 01490 – State and Local Legislative Proposals to Restrict or Prohibit Specific Veterinary Procedures (reaffirmed fall 2011)
  4. 01873 – State Regulation of Veterinary Medicine (approved May 2009)
  5. 01909 – Outreach to law schools (reaffirmed spring 2013)
  6. SAC Policies for review in Spring 2018
  7. Subcommittees
  8. Unlicensed practice
  9. PDMP
  10. Telemedicine Update (Dr. Teller)
  11. Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
  12. Directive by Board of Directors
  13. Draft memo for Prescription Monitoring Programs (PMPs) Task Force
  14. Draft PMP Task Force entity description
  15. State-by-state summary
  16. Discussion points
  17. Public Policy Symposium
  18. Audience, format, topics, speakers
  19. Suggested topics: license portability (LAC), PAC (NCVMA)
  20. State Advocacy Products and Services
  21. Reviewing Key Priorities (current edited list—which of these are state-level issues?)
  22. Current Offerings (recommendations?)
  23. Summary Reports: summaries, charts, maps
  24. Guidance
  25. Models
  26. New Offerings?

a. As a pilot, determine legislative priorities the states see as most pressing and compile/send information on those topics first.

b. Legal advice

i. Legislative advocacy

ii. Non-liability legal issues

D. New Business

1. SAC Charge, Job description

2. Specific issues/requests

a. Arkansas’s request for information on equine massage bill

i. Animal Massage bills

ii. CAVM summary report

b. Shelter-related issues

i. Microchips in strays

ii. Establishing stray hold times

3. Strategic brainstorming / environmental scanning

a. Session for veterinary medical association executives at VLC?

4. Expiring member terms

E. Other Business

F. Adjournment

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