Find out about some of our state chapters' legislative successes.
2009 Legislative Highlights
Alabama
HB 484, Enacted - Authorizes PAs to prescribe Schedule III-V controlled substances as delegated by a supervising physician
Alaska
HB 81, Enacted - Appropriates $922,000 to fund a new PA program
California
AB 356, Enacted - Authorizes PAs who have completed specified training and testing to utilize fluoroscopy
SB 171, Enacted - Allows PAs to sign employment physicals for school district job applicants
Connecticut
HB 6678, Enacted - Allows PAs who have received additional training to use fluoroscopy
Delaware
SB 138, Enacted - Allows PAs to certify disability status for the Department of Motor Vehicles
Florida
SB 720, Enacted - Removes the requirement that supervising physicians must co-sign notes written by PAs
Georgia
HB 509, Enacted - Revises the Medical Practice Act in several areas, streamlines the licensure process, removes co-signature requirement for prescriptions
Hawaii
SB 1142, Enacted - Omnibus bill that added PAs to the definition of "health care provider" in several sections of state law. Hawaii PAs are now able to order PT, write admission orders, provide care in a disaster situation (with or without supervision), pronounce death, and more.
Illinois
HB 2247, Enacted - Allows PAs to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances as delegated by a supervising physician
SB 1486, Enacted - Strengthened the role of the PA Advisory Committee in regulating PA practice
SB 1487, Enacted - Allows PAs to provide care in a disaster situation, with or without physician supervision
Indiana
HB 1573, Enacted - Eliminates the requirement that PAs have a supervising physician prior to being licensed
Iowa
SF 153, Passed Senate, Referred to House (will carry over to 2010) - Would allow PAs to own or participate in ownership of professional corporations and limited liability companies
Kentucky
HB 288, Enacted - Requires the Legislative Research Commission to study granting controlled prescribing authority to PAs
Minnesota
HF 535, Enacted - Changes PAs from "registered" to "licensed," increases the number of PAs one physician may supervise from two to five, allows PAs to provide care in a disaster situation when no supervision is available, strengthens the role of the PA Advisory Committee
Missouri
SB 296, Enacted - Allows PAs to prescribe Schedule III-V controlled medications
Nebraska
LB 195, Enacted - Removes the requirement that supervising physicians register with the state, increases the number of PAs that can be supervised by one physician from two to four, and improves supervision requirements
North Dakota
SB 2180, Enacted - Authorizes PAs to prescribe Schedule II controlled medications, in addition to Schedule III-V authority which is already in place
Tennessee
HB 465, Enacted - Allows PAs to certify disability or deafness for a patient requiring disability license tags, and allows PAs to perform physical exams for police officers
Texas
SB 532, Enacted - Increases the number of PAs to whom one supervising physician may delegate prescriptive authority, decreases on-site supervision requirements, and expands distance restrictions
