Proposed Changes to Prescribing Rules for Physician Assistants and …

The Frame

What this does

The bill would have changed the administrative burden for supervising physicians and the prescribing autonomy of physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses, potentially impacting how quickly patients receive medications.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Physician Assistants

The bill would have altered their administrative requirements for prescribing and their specific drug formulary limitations.

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses

The bill would have revised the drug formulary requirements for those authorized to prescribe medications.

Supervising Physicians

The bill would have removed their obligation to notify the Department of Health of prescribing delegations and to include their names on physician assistant prescriptions.

What changed

Last recorded activity March 13, 2026.

What's next

Introduced.

Summary

This bill proposed removing requirements for supervising physicians to notify the state of prescribing s or include their names on prescriptions written by physician assistants. It also sought to update the drug formularies that limit which medications physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses can prescribe.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Would this bill have changed how I get my prescriptions?

The bill would have removed the requirement for a supervising physician's name to appear on prescriptions written by a physician assistant, but it would not have changed the requirement that prescriptions be filled at a licensed pharmacy.

Did this bill pass?

No, the bill died in the Rules committee on March 13, 2026.

Why It Matters

The bill would have changed the administrative burden for supervising physicians and the prescribing autonomy of physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses, potentially impacting how quickly patients receive medications.

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Voting Record

Motion succeededlower2/25/2026openstates_bulkOfficial roll call ↗

Passage, Third Reading

Total

117

Yes

112

No

4

Present

0

Not Voting

1

Abstain

0

How they voted (117)

+ 93 more

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Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift95% confidence

Administrative Deregulation

The bill represented a clear attempt to reduce the administrative oversight of physician assistants by removing notification requirements for supervising physicians.

Physician Assistant Department of Health