Committee forwards four bill drafts to legislative management, including pharmacist scope and physician assistant compact

Oct 21, 2025

The Rural Health Transformation Committee voted to forward four legislative drafts — physical fitness in curriculum, nutrition continuing education for physicians, a physician assistant licensure compact, and expanded pharmacist prescriptive authority — to legislative management for consideration.

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The Rural Health Transformation Committee voted to forward four bill drafts to legislative management for further consideration and possible introduction in a future session. The committee also approved a separate motion endorsing the department’s rural health transformation application (see separate article).

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