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55.022D Child Abuse Reporting Suspected Cases

55.022D

55.022Child Abuse Reporting Suspected Cases: The Texas Medical Association favors and will seek legislation that will provide absolute immunity from civil suit to physicians reporting suspected abuse in accordance with state law and will work to achieve the highest possible level of confidentiality and immunity in good faith reporting of abuse (Substitute Res. 28BB, p 217C, A-96; deleted CL Rep. 1-A-06).

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October 07, 2016

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 The website for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is blunt: “History shows that severe illness and death rates tend to be higher for racial and ethnic minority populations during public health emergencies than for other populations.” That is certainly happening with COVID-19. Emerging data already show that long-standing social determinants of health are stacked against Blacks and Hispanics in Texas, in some cases prompting a stronger call for value-based care, among other tools, so physicians can better help people of color cope with the health inequities brought on by COVID-19.

 

 

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