SB 120 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0885
10/04
SENATE BILL 120
AN ACT relative to physician assistant medical services through the Manchester Veterans
Administration Medical Center.
SPONSORS: Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Rep.
Marsh, Carr. 8; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill modifies the requirements for out-of-state physician assistants and state-licensed
physician assistants to offer medical services through the Veterans Administration Medical Center.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
SB 120 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0885
10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to physician assistant medical services through the Manchester Veterans
Administration Medical Center.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 Physician Assistants; Manchester Veterans Administration Medical Center. Amend RSA 328-
2 D:2-a to read as follows:
3 328-D:2-a Licensure Requirements Suspended; Manchester Veterans Administration Medical
4 Center.
5 I. New Hampshire state licensure laws, rules, and regulations for physician assistants are
6 hereby suspended for those physician assistants from other states [or countries] who are employed
7 by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and who are offering medical services to
8 patients [of the Manchester] coordinated through the Veterans Administration Medical Center
9 (VAMC) at licensed medical facilities outside of the Manchester VAMC, provided that such physician
10 assistants are acting within the scope of their employment at the VAMC and possess a current
11 license in good standing in their respective state [or country] of licensure. New Hampshire
12 physician assistants who are employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
13 and who are offering medical services to patients of the Veterans Administration Medical
14 Center (VAMC) and requesting licensure in New Hampshire may be supervised by
15 physicians from other states provided they possess a current license in good standing in
16 their respective state.
17 II. The acting director of the Manchester VAMC shall submit to the executive director of the
18 New Hampshire office of professional licensure and certification, or designee, a list of all out-of-state
19 [or out-of-country] physician assistants offering services in the state of New Hampshire and out-of-
20 state physicians accepting supervisory responsibility of New Hampshire physician
21 assistants.
22 III. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt or supplant an individual licensed
23 medical facility's policies regarding the emergency credentialing of physician assistants or any other
24 medical personnel.
25 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Statutes affected: latest version: 328-D:2-a