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House advances bill allowing physician assistants to perform first psychiatric emergency certification
Summary
The House advanced H573, a committee-backed bill that would permit physician assistants (PAs), alongside physicians and APRNs, to complete the "first certification" for emergency mental-health examinations after department-approved training; supporters said the change is a workflow fix to address emergency-department boarding delays while retaining a mandatory 24-hour psychiatrist review.
Representative Rebecca, speaking for the House committee on healthcare, summarized H573 — an effort to align statute with modern emergency-department practice by adding physician assistants to the list of clinicians eligible to complete the "first certification" for emergency mental-health examinations after completing a department-developed training. "This is a workflow adjustment. It doesn't expand detention authority," she said, stressing the bill preserves the mandatory…
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