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Relating to duties performed by physician assistants
Sponsored by the House Human Resources Committee
Topics:Health careChild careMental health & addiction
Same legislation: HSB 255
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 25, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 25, 2021
- Done: House committeeMarch 3, 2021
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 29, 202193–1
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 24, 2022
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 29, 202247–0
- Done: To the GovernorMay 17, 2022
- Done: Signed into lawMay 17, 2022
Signed into law What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Physician assistants would be allowed to perform more specific medical and administrative tasks across many different areas of healthcare and public service. Various state departments would be required to update their rules to include physician assistants in these roles. These departments cannot change or cancel these new rules for two years.1
Read the official explanation
25 (coverage for prosthetic devices). The bill also directs the department of human services, department on aging, department of corrections, economic development authority, department of education, department of inspections and appeals, racing and gaming commission, law enforcement academy, natural resource commission, department of public health, department of public safety, department of transportation, Iowa department of veterans affairs, and department of workforce development, including the labor services division, to adopt rules adding physician assistants to lists of health care workers that may perform certain duties. The bill prohibits those boards from amending or rescinding such rules for a period of two years from the effective date of the bill.
Changed since by amendments S-5026, H-1294; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 12, 2022. On February 22, 2022 it recommended passage.
- Sen. Chris Cournoyer R
- Sen. Tony Bisignano DEmail
- Sen. R. Smith
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§135.109§135.146§135J.1§135J.3§141A.5§141A.6§141A.7§144A.2§144A.4§144A.7A§144B.1§144B.5§144B.6§144D.4§144F.2§189A.6§225.10§225.12§225.15§225.16§225.9§225C.14§225C.16§232.71B§232.78§232.79§232.83§232.95§234.22§235A.13§237A.13§237A.5§249.3§321.375§321.446§347B.5§347B.6§411.5§411.6§514C.17and 5 more
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