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HR 1697 106th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Accreditation (Medical care) Education Federal employees Health Higher education Labor and Employment Law Licenses Medical education Personnel management Physicians' assistants Position classification Salaries Standards

Physician Assistant Equity Act

Introduced: May 5, 1999 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 12, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
May 5, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
May 5, 1999
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Physician Assistant Equity Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management: (1) to review the classification of the position of physician assistant; (2) in conducting the review, to solicit comments from physician assistants and organizations representative of physician assistants and give specific consideration to the private sector qualifications, requirements for practice, compensation, and experience of such an assistant and the educational and practice qualifications required for the position, including national accreditation standards and State licensing requirements; (3) to reclassify the position in a professional class that is different from the class of positions that includes any nurse position or medical technician position; and (4) to make any appropriate adjustments in personnel and pay administration consistent with the review and classification conducted under this Act.

What's happening now May 12, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2