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Legislative Committee - Sarah Smalley, Chair 1. Administrative codes - proposed language for schedule II privileges, and Secretary of State medical reports to include PAs.
First Quarter:
Work with the lobbying
team.
2.
Create survey to go to members via AAPA. Develop questions
regarding ratio, medical corporations. First quarter: Done. AAPA sent out in February 2010. 3. Advisory Council - survey, gather recommendations to submit to Governor's Office. Ten PAs on list. He shall pick three. 4. Radiation Rules - AAPA is working on a national level to develop rules with the radiology agencies.
IAPA Legislative Update December 2009 On July 23, 2009, Governor Pat Quinn signed SB 1487, that amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. The new law, Public Act, 96-0070, provides less stringent supervision requirements for physician assistants responding to a need for medical care created by a state or local disaster or emergency. Although Public Act 96-0070 is effective immediately in spirit the Division of Financial and Professional Regulations must review and rule on whether official policy rules need to be written before Pas can fully participate on medical emergency disaster teams. Senator Deanna DeMuzio was the sponsor of this bill. On August 25, SB 1486 was signed by Governor Quinn becoming new law, Public Act 96-0720. This new law amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act to provide that the physician assistant advisory committee shall review and make recommendations to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Medical Licensing Board regarding matters relating to physician assistants. Again, the Division shall have to review and recommend how this new, increased responsibility of the Advisory Committee will be delegated. Senator DeMuzio also sponsored this bill. Over in the House, Representative Elizabeth Coulson, sponsored HB 2247. This bill was signed and became new law as Public Act 96-0268 on August 11th. This new law provides that a physician assistant may prescribe, dispense, and administer drugs and medical devices to the extent delegated by the supervising physician, including the prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II through V controlled substances as described in Article II of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act and all legend drugs. The Division of Professional Regulation will have to promulgate rules in order for this bill to be implemented. The IAPA will keep you informed of when you can begin writing Schedule II prescriptions. This could take several months.
The IAPA has accomplished quite a bit this year at the Illinois State Capitol.
We have quite a bit more work to do. We have to work on amending the
Medical Corporations Act, our supervising physician-PA ratio issue, and the
radiology and nuclear medicine safety rules. All this work must be
continued by the only professional organization of PAs in IAPA Legislative Agenda 2009: The IAPA
Legislative work is in progress. We have had success from the new
lobbying team. We have had success moving three legislative
bills. And now we have to have YOUR participation in order to
continue our success.
Please
read below and CONTACT YOUR STATEWIDE
LEGISLATOR TODAY!!!
IN
THE ILLINOIS HOUSE.......
HB
2247, gaining Schedule II prescriptive privileges for oral
dosages, sponsored by Rep. Angelo Saviano, has passed to the House
floor and now moves in to the Senate starting the week of April
21st. See
the Legislative
Brief. for more information on
this bill that will be sponsored by Senator Maggie Crotty.
IN
THE ILLINOIS SENATE....
SB
1487,
adding emergency disaster language, sponsored by Sen. Deanna Demuzio,
has passed out of the Senate and over to the House.
Representative Beth Coulson will be sponsoring the bill. It is
scheduled for a hearing in the House Health Care Licenses Committee on
Wednesday, April 22 at 9:30 a.m. See the Legislative Brief for
more information.
SB
1486, redefining
the PA Advisory Committee, sponsored by Sen. Deanna Demuzio, and has
passed out of Senate and over to the House. Representative Beth
Coulson will hopefully be the sponsor of this bill and have it posted
in the House Health Care Licenses Committee. See the Legislative
Brief for more information.
HB 2464: (Click here for full text.) REMOVE SUPERVISION RATIO - Sponsored by Rep. Beth Coulson Synopsis As Introduced. Click here for IAPA Legislative Brief on HB 2464. Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Removes the limitation that physicians may not supervise more than 2 physician assistants. Provides that the supervising physician must file a notice of supervision with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for each physician assistant under his or her supervision. Provides that the physician's supervision shall be continuous, but does not necessarily require the physical presence of the supervising physician at the time and place that the services are rendered by the physician assistant. Provides that it is the obligation of the supervising physician to ensure that the physician assistant's scope of practice is identified; that the medical tasks delegated to the physician assistant are appropriate to the physician assistant's level of competence; that the working relationship between the supervising physician and physician assistant is defined, including the means and frequency of access to the supervising physician; and that a process for evaluation of the physician assistant's performance is established. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Removes the limitation that physicians may not enter into supervising physician agreements with more than 2 physician assistants. The bill has been assigned to the House Health Care Licenses Committee (see list for contact information). If you live in the districts of these Illinois Representatives, please call them and ask for their support. Legislators are usually at the Capitol in Springfield on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. They are in the District office on Mondays and Fridays. 4/23/2009 HB
2247 granting Schedule II Controlled Substances privileges, click
here for Legislative
Brief, as assigned to the Senate
Consumer
Protection Committee. If you live or work within any of these
Senator's districts, please call them and ask them to support HB
2247. It is most likely, the bill will be posted at the
committee's April 30 hearing.
HB 2247 now crosses over to the
Illinois Senate. SB 1487 adding Emergency Disaster language to the PA Practice Act, passed out of the House Health Care Licenses Committee on Wedensday, April 22, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. Click here to see the IAPA Legislative Brief on this bill. 4/1/2009 The Illinois House passed HB 2247, that adds Schedule II privileges for PAs, at 1:45 p.m. this afternoon. SB 1487, that adds Emergency Disaster Language to the PA Practice Act, passed the House on March 27, and is now in the House, and was picked up by Rep. Coulson. Rep. Coulson may pick up SB 1486, that redefines the PA Advisory Committee, when it comes over as well. 3/26/2009 At 1:20 p.m.today, Senate Bill 1487 was brought up on Third Reading on the Illinois Senate floor. Now it will cross chambers and go to
the House.
3/13/2009 Three bills that carry proposed legislation to expand PA practice privileges have moved through the Illinois House and Senate Committees. Click here to see the bills and find out what you can do to assist the legislative efforts.
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Tom
Nolan, Thomas
Nolan & Associates, greets the PAs, as the new lobbyist for the
Illinois Academy of Physician Assistants. Tom will be working the
State Capitol to assist in the proposing, pressing, and passing a few
bills on behalf of the IAPA. These bills will all assist in the
expansion of PA practice privileges.