| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to health occupations; modifying physician assistant title to physician |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 associate; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 147A.01, subdivision 18; 147A.03, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 147A.01, subdivision 18, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 18.Physician assistant associate or licensed physician assistant |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8associate."Physician assistant associate" or "licensed physician assistant associate" means |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9a person licensed pursuant to this chapter who meets the qualifications in section 147A.02. |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 147A.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read: |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 Subdivision 1.Protected titles.No individual may use the titles "Minnesota Licensed |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12Physician Associate," "Licensed Physician Associate," "Physician Associate," "Minnesota |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13Licensed Physician Assistant," "Licensed Physician Assistant," "Physician Assistant," or |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14"PA" in connection with the individual's name, or any other words, letters, abbreviations, |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15or insignia indicating or implying that the individual is licensed by the state unless they |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16have been licensed according to this chapter. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 147A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18read: |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 Subd. 5.Title revision.(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a physician |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20assistant must be titled a "physician associate" in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21The terms "physician associate," "physician assistant," and "PA" are synonymous, and all |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Sec. 3. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-02397 as introduced01/27/25 REVISOR AGW/LJ |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 1084NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: KUPEC, Utke and Abeler) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading02/06/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1rights and responsibilities of a physician assistant in Minnesota Statutes must continue |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2uninterrupted and unchanged. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3 (b) The title change to "physician associate" under paragraph (a) does not expand the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4scope of practice for a professional licensed under this chapter. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.5 (c) All persons or entities employing, coordinating treatment with, following orders |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.6from, training, educating, or contracting with an individual licensed as a physician associate |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.7under this chapter or educating an individual enrolled in an accredited physician assistant |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.8or physician associate educational program shall continue this relationship without |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.9interruption or alteration as a result of the title change under paragraph (a). No person or |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.10entity shall discriminate against any individual in contract, employment, or otherwise solely |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.11as a result of an individual's change of title described in paragraph (a). This paragraph applies |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.12to persons and entities that include but are not limited to: |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.13 (1) hospitals or other health care facilities; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.14 (2) physicians; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.15 (3) malpractice insurance carriers; |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.16 (4) the federal government; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.17 (5) third-party payors, including but not limited to commercial insurers, health |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.18maintenance organizations, and the Minnesota medical assistance program. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.19 Sec. 4. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONERS AND BOARDS. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.20 The commissioners of health and human services, and health-related licensing boards, |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.21as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 214.01, subdivision 2, if applicable, must, as soon |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.22as practicable in the normal course of business, make conforming amendments to active |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.23versions of commissioner or board guidance, documents, and forms within their jurisdiction |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.24reflecting the change of title described in Minnesota Statutes, section 147A.03, subdivision |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.255. The commissioners and boards may take all further action necessary to reflect the change |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.26of title described in Minnesota Statutes, section 147A.03, subdivision 5. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.27 Sec. 5. REVISOR INSTRUCTION. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.28 The revisor of statutes shall change the term "physician assistant" and applicable variants |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2.29to "physician associate" and applicable variants wherever the term appears in Minnesota |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2.30Statutes and Minnesota Rules. The revisor may make grammatical and conforming changes |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2.31related to the term change. |
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| 61 | 61 | | 2Sec. 5. |
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| 62 | 62 | | 25-02397 as introduced01/27/25 REVISOR AGW/LJ |
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