WV SB29 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-12 - To Health and Human Resources
Pending: Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 12 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-12 - To Health and Human Resources
Pending: Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this bill is to allow physician assistants to own a practice. This bill also allows the West Virginia Board of Medicine to deny a license or other authorization to physician assistants who make unlawful referrals where that physician assistant has a proprietary interest. It provides that the term "physician assistant" is synonymous with
Title
Allowing physicians assistants to own practice
Sponsors
| Sen. Tom Takubo [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | To Health and Human Resources |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | Introduced in Senate |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | To Health and Human Resources |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | Filed for introduction |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 3 | 14 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 30 | 3 | 15 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 31B | 13 | 1301 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
