Physician assistant; eliminates certain requirement for practice.
Summary
Practice as a physician assistant. Eliminatesthe requirement that a physician assistant enter into a practiceagreement with a single patient care team physician or patient care team podiatrist and provides that a patient care team physicianor patient care team podiatrist shall not be liable for the actionsor inactions of a physician assistant for whom the patient care team physician or patient care team podiatrist provides collaborationand consultation. The bill also makes clear that a student physicianassistant shall not be required to be licensed to engage in actsthat otherwise constitute practice as a physician assistant, providedthat the student physician assistant is enrolled in an accreditedphysician assistant education program.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Signed Mar 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 1, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 22, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Mar 18, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 210 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2039E
lower
Jan 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed by temporarily
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 15, 2021
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102733D
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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