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Committee hears mixed testimony on changing PA supervision to collaboration; members defer further action
Summary
Senate Bill 88 would replace physician 'supervision' with a 'collaboration' standard for physician assistants to align Kentucky law with team‑based practice and ease hiring; the committee received pro and con testimony and deferred final action to gather more input.
Senate Bill 88, which would modernize the statutory relationship between physicians and physician assistants by replacing a “supervision” standard with a “collaboration” standard, drew extended testimony and partisan concern on Feb. 18, 2025. The Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations deferred further action to gather additional testimony.
Sponsor Sen. Lindsey Tichenor said the bill “is just modernizing language from the role of a physician and a physician assistant from supervisory to collaborating” and that the change aims to meet workforce needs and ease hiring in areas with provider shortages. Tichenor read the bill’s proposed definition: “Collaboration means consultation with or referral to the appropriate physician or other health…
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