BOSTON — Reining in gun violence, increasing access to housing and health supports for migrant families, and studying the health effects of decommissioning the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station are among the policies the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) wants the state to embrace.

Physicians with MMS announced a new slate of policy positions last week, framing their advocacy efforts at the state and federal level.

While the Legislature and Healey administration continue to grapple with unprecedented demand on the state’s emergency shelter system, MMS said it will encourage coordinated efforts to “improve access to safe and stable housing for migrants” and to address both medical and mental health needs facing migrant families, children, youth and pregnant individuals.

MMS said in a news release that it would work with state and local officials to “facilitate immediate enrollment of migrant children into school systems and encourage local and state programs to offer individual and group medical visits for incoming migrant youth to expedite their medical care and to document or update their immunizations.”

The group representing physicians also threw its support, in broad terms, behind action to update the state’s gun laws. MMS said it will “advocate for and strongly support legislation, regulation, and reform that seeks to address the public health crisis posed by gun violence.” The House this year approved a sweeping overhaul of gun laws and Senate Democrats plan to roll out their bill in the new year.

MMS additionally called on lawmakers or regulators to fund studies that would “adequately evaluate the health effects of decommissioning the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station,” which might include evaluating radioactive releases, collecting biometric data and placing radiation monitors.

“The MMS will encourage the [American Medical Association] to advocate for strict limitations of aerosol, soil, and/or water radionuclide releases in the decommissioning of US nuclear power plants in order to protect health, particularly that of local vulnerable populations,” the group wrote.

The fourth and final new policy MMS described supports including information about lung cancer screenings on cigarette packaging.