Senate committee hears technical fix to let anesthesiologist assistants join physician health program
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.
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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.
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