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S 909 106th Congress Senate 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: April 29, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 13, 1999
Referred to Subcommittee on International Security.
Apr 29, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Apr 29, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4433)
Apr 29, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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 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 13, 1999

Referred to Subcommittee on International Security.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1697 Identical bill Physician Assistant Equity Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Sep 29, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 909: Physician Assistant Equity Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-909/
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