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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.___
1 2 BY MERTZ
1 3 A House Concurrent Resolution encouraging the United
1 4 States Congress to enact legislation to improve
1 5 access to medical treatment.
1 6 WHEREAS, health care should be provided in a manner
1 7 which allows a patient maximum choice based upon the
1 8 recommendation of a health care practitioner who, in
1 9 turn, is allowed maximum latitude in exercising the
1 10 practitioner's independent professional judgment in
1 11 the selection and recommendation of a treatment which
1 12 meets the needs of the individual patient; and
1 13 WHEREAS, the maximum latitude allowed a health care
1 14 practitioner in the selection and recommendation of a
1 15 treatment for an individual patient should include the
1 16 ability to recommend drugs and medical devices not
1 17 approved by the United States Food and Drug
1 18 Administration, if in the practitioner's independent
1 19 professional judgment the drugs and medical devices
1 20 are the best option for saving life, improving health,
1 21 or alleviating suffering relative to the individual
1 22 patient; and
1 23 WHEREAS, many drugs and medical devices not
1 24 approved by the United States Food and Drug
1 25 Administration for manufacture, sale, or distribution
1 26 in the United States, including those legally
1 27 available outside the United States, may be the best
1 28 or only treatment option for an individual patient;
1 29 and
1 30 WHEREAS, existing state laws provide adequate
2 1 protection for practitioner-recommended patient use of
2 2 drugs and medical devices not approved by the United
2 3 States Food and Drug Administration; NOW THEREFORE,
2 4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 5 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Congress of the United
2 6 States is urged to enact HR 2635, the Access to
2 7 Medical Treatment Act, or similar legislation, which
2 8 provides adequate consumer protection and safeguards
2 9 but which allows access to medical treatment,
2 10 including drugs and medical devices, that has not been
2 11 approved by the United States Food and Drug
2 12 Administration; and
2 13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
2 14 Resolution be sent to the President of the United
2 15 States, to the President and Majority and Minority
2 16 Leaders of the United States Senate, to the Speaker,
2 17 Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of the United
2 18 States House of Representatives, and to members of the
2 19 Iowa congressional delegation.
2 20 LSB 5939YH 78
2 21 pf/cf/24
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