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HB 411                                                                                            
HOUSE BILL NO. 411 by Representative Fate, entitled:                                                
                                                                                                    

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     "An Act relating to physician assistants; providing that a physician                           
     assistant is a health care provider covered by certain laws relating                           
     to medical malpractice actions; adding physician assistants to the                             
     list of providers against whom unfair discrimination relating to                               
     health care insurance is prohibited and to the list of providers who                           
     can provide proof of disablement or handicap for the purpose of                                
     motor vehicle registration or for the purpose of obtaining a special                           
     license plate or a special parking permit; and providing for an                                
     effective date."                                                                               
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Health, Education & Social                              
Services and Labor & Commerce Committees.