Delaware House Bill 169 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Introduced on May 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-22 - Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill changes the relationship between physicians and physician assistants from supervisory to collaborative, in recognition of the evolving role of physician assistants and reflecting the education, training, and experience required for licensing, which emphasizes the team-based practice model. The bill retains a 1:4 ratio of physician assistants to physicians, unless a regulation of the Board increases or decreases the number. This limit of 1:4 does not apply to physicians and physician assistants who practice in the same physical office or facility building, such as an emergency department. This bill increases the number of Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline members from 16 to 18, to include two physician assistant members appointed by the Regulatory Council for Physician Assistants. The bill authorizes physician assistants to participate as uncompensated volunteers in public or community events.

An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Physician Assistants.

Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-22		Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits
2019-05-30		Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47550
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47550&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB169