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Senate committee hears technical fix to let anesthesiologist assistants join physician health program
Summary
A Senate Health Committee hearing considered SB 5877, a technical change to extend a $70 surcharge and Washington Physicians Health Program access to certified anesthesiologist assistants; witnesses from the Washington Medical Commission, WPHP and anesthesia associations supported the bill as a narrow fix to close a licensure gap.
Senate Bill 5877, a one-sentence technical correction to licensing statutes, was the subject of a brief public hearing before the Washington State Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee. Committee staff described the bill as expanding the list of license categories that pay the $70 surcharge that funds the Washington Physicians Health Program (WPHP) and grants participating providers access to WPHP services and the HEALWA education library.
Jacob Ewing, staff to the committee, told the panel the bill clarifies that the…
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