CHAPTER 151

SB 120 - FINAL VERSION

 

02/18/2021   0429s

3Jun2021... 1187h

2021 SESSION

21-0885

10/04

 

SENATE BILL 120

 

AN ACT relative to physician assistant medical services through the Manchester Veterans Administration Medical Center.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3

 

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill modifies the requirements for out-of-state or out-of country physician assistants and state-licensed physician assistants to offer medical services through the Veterans Administration Medical Center.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/18/2021   0429s

3Jun2021... 1187h 21-0885

10/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

 

AN ACT relative to physician assistant medical services through the Manchester Veterans Administration Medical Center.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

151:1  Physician Assistants; Manchester Veterans Administration Medical Center.  Amend RSA 328-D:2-a to read as follows:

328-D:2-a  Licensure Requirements Suspended; Manchester Veterans Administration Medical Center.

I. New Hampshire state licensure laws, rules, and regulations for physician assistants are hereby suspended for those physician assistants [from other states or countries] licensed by another state or territory of the United States or another country who are employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and who are offering medical services to patients [of the Manchester] offered through the Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) [at licensed medical facilities outside of the Manchester VAMC], provided that such physician assistants are acting within the scope of their employment at the VAMC and possess a current license in good standing in their respective state, territory, or country of licensure.  Physician assistants who are employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and who are offering medical services to patients of the Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) and requesting licensure in New Hampshire may be supervised by physicians licensed in any state or territory of the United States provided the supervising physician possesses a current license in good standing in their respective state or territory of the United States.

II. The acting director of the Manchester VAMC shall submit to the executive director of the New Hampshire office of professional licensure and certification, or designee, a list of all out-of-state or out-of-country licensed physician assistants offering services in the state of New Hampshire and out-of-state licensed physicians accepting supervisory responsibility of physician assistants.  

III. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt or supplant an individual licensed medical facility's policies regarding the emergency credentialing of physician assistants or any other medical personnel.

151:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: July 23, 2021

Effective Date: September 21, 2021