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Committee hears PA compact bill to ease cross‑state practice; supporters cite access and data sharing
Summary
House Bill 183 would adopt the interstate PA licensure compact. Supporters said the compact improves access to care, telehealth and regulator cooperation; informational witnesses said 13 states have enacted the compact and it has met the activation threshold.
Representative Jodie Etchart opened a hearing on House Bill 183, asking the committee to consider joining the interstate physician assistant compact that would allow PAs licensed in a member state to obtain a compact privilege to practice in other member states.
Etchart said compacts lower licensure friction for mobile clinicians and cited a hypothetical military spouse with an out‑of‑state PA license who could practice more quickly under the compact. “It decreases some of the burden on the…
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