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Physician assistant groups back interstate compact and removal of rigid supervision rules to boost access
Summary
PA associations, educators and national compact staff urged the committee to pass the PA licensure compact and modernize supervision statutes (H2371/H2531/S1608/S1502), saying changes would shorten licensure waits, help staffing in rural and emergency settings and preserve collaborative practice rather than isolate PAs.
Representatives of physician assistants (PAs), PA educators and national compact officials urged the Joint Committee on Public Health to advance two related policy packages: (1) enact the PA Interstate Compact (H2531/S1608) to streamline multistate practice and (2) modernize Massachusetts supervision statutes (H2371/S1502) to remove mandatory state‑level supervisory wording and allow team‑based collaborative practice. Speakers including Josh Merson (Massachusetts Association of Physician…
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