• (Feb. 1, 2023) – Today, both Senate Public Health and Welfare and House Health Committees heard from Stanley Goldfarb, MD, chair of Do No Harm from Pennsylvania. Dr. Goldfarb testified this was his first time testifying before a legislative committee. He asked for consideration of four core principles:

• Eliminating a health care workplace where political ideology is dictated – citing Massachusetts and Michigan, where implicit bias training is required to be licensed
• Not blaming health care disparities on bias by providers, but instead, lack of access to care and not seeking health care early enough
• Medical school selection is based solely on merit rather than race
• Discriminatory practices in health care are based on political viewpoints. The conferee highlighted monoclonal antibodies accessed during the COVID-19 response that was being allocated based on race.
• Goldfarb referred the committee to model legislation being considered by Missouri, the Do No Harm Act and testified this would stop the decline and corruption of Missouri's medical schools.

The House committee asked the conferee about what access to care solutions he suggests institutions make for health care to be accessible for more patients including mobile units, high-level acuity conditions gaining increased access, and the need to spend resources. He pointed to costs associated with diversity equity and inclusion education that could be better spent to allow access to care. He suggested large institutions need to allow accommodations such as telehealth. Committee members expressed discomfort with the suggestion that Kansas may be producing inferior medical professionals.