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Committee hears testimony on House Bill 4309 to join physician assistant licensure compact
Summary
The Health Policy Committee heard in-person and remote testimony supporting House Bill 4309, which would add Michigan to the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact to let licensed PAs practice across member states via compact privileges; no committee vote on the bill was recorded in the transcript.
Representative Shane Preston, sponsor of House Bill 4309, told the Health Policy Committee the bill would amend Michigan’s public health code to allow Michigan to join the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact and give out-of-state licensed physician assistants (PAs) a compact privilege to practice in Michigan.
The compact, Preston said, "is designed to remove bureaucratic barriers, streamline the process for licensed PAs looking to work across state lines or to move to Michigan." He said compact users remain subject to the laws and rules of the states where they practice, and that the compact framework permits both the PA’s home state and other compact states to take disciplinary action in limited, specified ways. Preston said Michigan would appoint a delegate — required to be a physician assistant or a member of the licensing board — to the compact’s national…
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