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SB 265                                                                                            
The Transportation Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 265                                         
"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 obtaining a special                             
parking permit; and providing for an effective date" and recommended                                
it be replaced with                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
          CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 265(TRA) "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."                                                                          
                                                                                                    
Signing do pass: Senator Cowdery, Chair, Senators Wilken, Taylor,                                   
Elton.                                                                                              
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal information was published today:                                               
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Community and Economic                                      
  Development                                                                                       

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The bill was referred to the Labor and Commerce Committee.