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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 583

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Relating to: practicing as a physician assistant or nurse while performing official duties for the armed services or federal health services.

Military personnel Nurses Physician

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, physician assistants who perform official duties for the armed

services or federal health services are not required to obtain a physician assistant

license. Current law generally requires a person to obtain a license granted by the

Medical Examining Board to practice as a physician assistant.

The bill also allows a person to practice as a registered nurse or nurse

anesthetist while performing official duties for the armed services or federal health

services without obtaining a credential from the Board of Nursing. Under current

law, a person is generally required to obtain a credential from the Board of Nursing

to practice professional nursing or to practice as a nurse anesthetist.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Born (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Hutton (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kurtz (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Magnafici (R) , Milroy (D) , Murphy (R) , Ott (R) , Plumer (R) , Ramthun (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R)

5 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Craig (R) , Darling (R) , Kooyenga (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 4, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Nov 1, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Skowronski, Hutton, Dittrich, Duchow, Knodl, Ott, Sinicki, Wichgers, Wittke, Anderson, Edming, Krug, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Magnafici, Milroy, Murphy, Plumer, Ramthun, Sortwell, Spiros, Tusler, VanderMeer and Born; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Carpenter, Craig, Darling and Cowles

  2. Nov 1, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Jan 7, 2020 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 29, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  6. Feb 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1