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SB 281                                                                                                                        
The Health and Social Services Committee considered SENATE BILL                                                                 
NO. 281 "An Act relating to the rural health transformation program;                                                            
relating to physician assistants; relating to collaborative agreements                                                          
between physicians and physician assistants; relating to the interstate                                                         
medical licensure compact; relating to the PA licensure compact;                                                                
relating to the practice of medicine; relating to the psychology                                                                
interjurisdictional compact; relating to health care providers; relating                                                        
to the recognition of EMS personnel licensure interstate compact;                                                               
relating to provisions regarding physician assistants in contracts                                                              
between certain health care providers and health care insurers; and                                                             
establishing the Rural Health Transformation Program Advisory                                                                   
Council" and recommended it be replaced with                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
          CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 281(HSS) "An Act                                                                               
          relating to the rural health transformation program;                                                                  
          relating to the practice of genetic counseling; relating                                                              
          to the licensure of genetic counselors; establishing                                                                  
          the Genetic Counseling Advisory Council; relating to                                                                  
          the duties of the State Medical Board; relating to                                                                    
          telehealth; relating to physicians, osteopaths,                                                                       
          podiatrists, and physician assistants; relating to the                                                                
          interstate medical licensure compact; relating to the                                                                 
          PA licensure compact; relating to psychologists;                                                                      
          relating to the psychology interjurisdictional                                                                        
          compact; relating to the practice of respiratory care;                                                                
          relating to the duties of the Department of                                                                           
          Commerce, Community, and Economic                                                                                     
          Development; relating to medical malpractice                                                                          
          liability of health care providers; relating to immunity                                                              
          from civil liability for a health care provider                                                                       
          providing free health care services; relating to                                                                      
          national criminal history record checks; relating to                                                                  
          respiratory care practitioners providing                                                                              
          documentation and treatment plans for public school                                                                   
          students with asthma or anaphylaxis; relating to                                                                      
          emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency                                                                     
          medical technicians, and mobile intensive care                                                                        
          paramedics; relating to the recognition of EMS                                                                        
          personnel licensure interstate compact; prohibiting                                                                   

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          unfair discrimination under group health insurance                                                                    
          against certain providers; establishing the Rural                                                                     
          Health Transformation Program Advisory Council;                                                                       
          and providing for an effective date."                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Signing do pass: Senator Dunbar, Chair. Signing do not pass: Senator                                                            
Giessel. Signing no recommendation: Senators Myers, Claman.                                                                     
Signing amend: Senator Tobin.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
     Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Health                                                                              
         Fiscal Note No. 2, zero, Department of Commerce, Community,                                                           
          and Economic Development                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The bill was referred to the Labor and Commerce Committee.