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House approves Physician Assistant licensure compact to expand cross-state practice
Summary
The Michigan House passed House Bill 4309 to enter the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact, lawmakers said the move will improve recruitment and telemedicine access, particularly in rural and border areas.
The Michigan House on May 13 approved House Bill 4309 to enter the Physician Assistant (PA) Licensure Compact, a measure sponsors said will improve recruitment of physician assistants and expand telemedicine across state lines.
"This legislation ensures that our state will be able to more easily recruit new PAs from across the country who wanna live in our beautiful state," Representative Preston said during floor remarks supporting the bill. He added the compact will aid access in rural and border communities and allow for compact privileges for traveling patients and telemedicine.
Representative Preston said the compact reached its activation threshold last year and that the first compact privileges would be issued early next year; the transcript reports that 16 states had enacted the compact and 11 were considering it. On the House floor the measure was placed on immediate passage; the clerk recorded final passage with 100 ayes and 3 nays.
Discussion vs. decision: floor remarks focused on access and deregulatory benefits for recruiting health professionals; formal action included the majority leader’s motion to place the bill on immediate passage and a recorded roll-call vote that approved the bill.
The transcript does not include the names of the members who voted nay. It also does not specify implementation details beyond the sponsor’s statement that compact privileges will begin once activation is in place and administrative steps are completed.
