2041-S AMH RICC POOL 075

  

SHB 2041 - H AMD 872

By Representative Riccelli

ADOPTED 02/09/2024

On page 6, line 37, after "retain" strike "sole professional and personal" and insert "((professional and personal))"

On page 11, line 13, after "employers" insert ", who are billing on behalf of the physician assistant,"

On page 11, line 14, after "assistants." insert "A carrier may not impose a practice, education, or collaboration requirement that is inconsistent with or more restrictive than state laws or regulations governing physician assistants."

EFFECT:  Removes the specification that the responsibility retained by a physician assistant for acts that constitute the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine when performed by the physician assistant is sole professional and personal responsibility. Specifies that an employer is authorized to receive direct payment for the services delivered by a physician assistant when billing on behalf of a physician assistant. Prohibits a health carrier from imposing a practice, education, or collaboration requirement that is inconsistent with or more restrictive than state laws or regulations governing physician assistants.

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