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Panel hears PA interstate licensure compact; trial lawyers flag immunity clause
Summary
HB 183 would adopt the physician assistant interstate compact to ease licensing across states; proponents say it improves rural access while the Montana Trial Lawyers Association urged amending subsection 7(a) to limit broad immunity for the compact commission.
The Senate Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs Committee heard House Bill 183 to adopt the physician assistant (PA) interstate licensure compact.
Representative Jodi Echart, the bill sponsor, said the compact (drafted with input from the PA interstate compact and Council of State Governments representatives) would help rural recruitment and access to care by allowing qualified PAs to more readily practice across state lines. "Compacts...help access to care. It can help rural communities," Echart said, adding that the…
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