New York A 5985: Adopts the PA licensure compact

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A05985 Summary:

BILL NOA05985 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04933

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SPONSORMiller

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COSPNSRTaylor

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §6546-a, Ed L

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Adopts the PA licensure compact to enhance the portability of a physician assistant license between participating states while safeguarding the safety of patients.

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BILL NOA05985 

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02/25/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5985

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to adopting the PA licen-
 sure compact

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6546-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 6546-a. PA licensure compact. The PA licensure compact is hereby
 4 entered into and enacted into law with all jurisdictions legal joining
 5 therein, in the form substantially as follows:
 6 PA LICENSURE COMPACT
 7 Section 1. Purpose. In order to strengthen access to medical services,
 8 and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of medical services,
 9 the participating states of the PA licensure compact have allied in
 10 common purpose to develop a comprehensive process that complements the
 11 existing authority of state licensing boards to license and discipline
 12 PAs and seeks to enhance the portability of a License to practice as a
 13 PA while safeguarding the safety of patients. This compact allows
 14 medical services to be provided by PAs, via the mutual recognition of
 15 the licensee's qualifying license by other compact participating states.
 16 This compact also adopts the prevailing standard for PA licensure and
 17 affirms that the practice and delivery of medical services by the PA
 18 occurs where the patient is located at the time of the patient encount-
 19 er, and therefore requires the PA to be under the jurisdiction of the
 20 state licensing board where the patient is located. State licensing
 21 boards that participate in this compact retain the jurisdiction to
 22 impose adverse action against a compact privilege in that state issued
 23 to a PA through the procedures of this compact. The PA licensure compact
 24 will alleviate burdens for military families by allowing active duty
 25 military personnel and their spouses to obtain a compact privilege based

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09029-01-5

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 1 on having an unrestricted license in good standing from a participating
 2 state.
 3 Section 2. Definitions. In this compact:
 4 A. "Adverse Action" means any administrative, civil, equitable, or
 5 criminal action permitted by a state's laws which is imposed by a
 6 licensing board or other authority against a PA license or license
 7 application or compact privilege such as license denial, censure, revo-
 8 cation, suspension, probation, monitoring of the licensee, or
 9 restriction on the licensee's practice.
 10 B. "Compact Privilege" means the authorization granted by a remote
 11 state to allow a licensee from another participating state to practice
 12 as a PA to provide medical services and other licensed activity to a
 13 patient located in the remote state under the remote state's laws and
 14 regulations.
 15 C. "Conviction" means a finding by a court that an individual is guil-
 16 ty of a felony or misdemeanor offense through adjudication or entry of a
 17 plea of guilt or no contest to the charge by the offender.
 18 D. "Criminal Background Check" means the submission of fingerprints or
 19 other biometric based information for a License applicant for the
 20 purpose of obtaining that applicant's criminal history record informa-
 21 tion, as defined in 28 C.F.R. § 20.3(d), from the state's criminal
 22 history record repository as defined in 28 C.F.R. § 20.3(f).
 23 E.