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Anesthesiologist assistant licensure bill fails after contentious committee debate
Summary
House Bill 2,368, which would have enacted the Anesthesiologist Assistant Licensure Act and created licensure authority under the State Board of Healing Arts, failed to pass the committee after debate over training slots and rural access; a proposed amendment to delay in‑state training programs also failed.
The Committee on House Health and Human Services voted against House Bill 2,368, a proposal to enact the Anesthesiologist Assistant Licensure Act and assign powers and duties to the State Board of Healing Arts.
Committee members debated whether licensing anesthesiologist assistants (AAs) would increase access to anesthesia services statewide or principally expand provider options in urban centers. Representative Pazier said she opposed the bill because “across the state of Kansas, I feel this bill will be detrimental to rural Kansas” and expressed concern AAs would…
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