Kentucky Senate Bill 88

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - to Committee on Committees (S)
Pending: Senate Committee on Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 311.840 to define terms; amend KRS 311.842, 311.848, 311.850 311.862, 202A.011, 202C.010, 216B.175, and 600.020 to change references to "supervising physician" to "collaborating physician" to conform; amend KRS 311.858 to list the services a physician assistant may provide, and require a physician assistant to consult and collaborate with or refer a patient to an appropriate licensed physician as indicated by the patient's condition and the standard of care; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to establish requirements for a collaboration agreement between a collaborating physician and a physician assistant; amend KRS 218A.202 to conform; repeal KRS 311.854, 311.856, and 311.860, relating to supervising physicians.

AN ACT relating to physician assistants.

Sen. Lindsey Tichenor [R]

Sen. Shelley Frommeyer [R]

Sen. Scott Madon [R]

Sen. Stephen Meredith [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-04	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2025-02-04	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb88.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb88/orig_bill.pdf