HB2039
Physician assistant; eliminates certain requirement for practice.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Practice as a physician assistant.
Allows a physician assistant to enter into a practice agreement with more than one patient care team physician or patient care team podiatrist and provides that a patient care team physician or patient care team podiatrist shall not be liable for the actions or inactions of a physician assistant for ... (More) whom the patient care team physician or patient care team podiatrist provides collaboration and consultation. The bill also makes clear that a student physician assistant shall not be required to be licensed in order to engage in acts that otherwise constitute practice as a physician assistant, provided that the student physician assistant is enrolled in an accredited physician assistant education program. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/12/2021 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102733D
- 01/12/2021 - House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/15/2021 - House: Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
- 01/20/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2039)
- 01/21/2021 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/21/2021 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/2021 - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2021 - House: Read first time
- 01/29/2021 - House: Read second time
- 01/29/2021 - House: Passed by temporarily
- 01/29/2021 - House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/29/2021 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2039E
- 01/29/2021 - House: Printed as engrossed 21102733D-E
- 02/01/2021 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/2021 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2039E)
- 02/02/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/2021 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/05/2021 - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/2021 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 02/18/2021 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/2021 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/2021 - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/2021 - House: Enrolled
- 02/25/2021 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2039ER)
- 02/25/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2039ER)
- 02/25/2021 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/2021 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/2021 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 03/01/2021 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/18/2021 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 210 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/18/2021 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0210)
