Revision: Jan. 29, 2021, 10:27 a.m.
SB 120 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0885
10/04
SENATE BILL 120
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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ANALYSIS
This bill modifies the requirements for out-of-state 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21-0885
10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
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] who are employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and who are offering medical services to patients [of the Manchester] coordinated 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 [or country] of licensure. New Hampshire 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 from other states provided they possess a current license in good standing in their respective state.
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] physician assistants offering services in the state of New Hampshire and out-of-state physicians accepting supervisory responsibility of New Hampshire 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.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.