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HB459 • 2025

Increasing the number of physician assistants on the board of medical examiners

Increasing the number of physician assistants on the board of medical examiners

Healthcare
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Jodee Etchart
Last action
2025-02-14
Official status
(H) Bill Withdrawn per House Rule H30-50(3)(b)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Increasing the number of physician assistants on the board of medical examiners

Increasing the number of physician assistants on the board of medical examiners

What This Bill Does

  • Increasing the number of physician assistants on the board of medical examiners

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-14 HOUSE

    (H) Bill Withdrawn per House Rule H30-50(3)(b)

  2. 2025-02-12 HOUSE

    (H) Introduced

  3. 2025-02-12 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Requested

  4. 2025-02-12 HOUSE

    (H) Referred to Committee

  5. 2025-02-12 HOUSE

    (H) Hearing

  6. 2025-02-12 HOUSE

    (H) First Reading

  7. 2025-02-11 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery

  8. 2025-02-11 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

  9. 2025-02-10 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review

  10. 2025-02-10 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Assembly

  11. 2025-02-09 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing

  12. 2025-02-07 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Edit

  13. 2025-02-06 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Legal Review

  14. 2025-02-04 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold

  15. 2024-12-15 HOUSE

    (LC) Drafter Assigned

  16. 2024-12-15 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft On Hold

Official Summary Text

Increasing the number of physician assistants on the board of medical examiners

Current Bill Text

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69th Legislature 2025 HB 459.1
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 459
1 HOUSE BILL NO. 459
2 INTRODUCED BY J. ETCHART
3
4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS ON
5 THE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS; AND AMENDING SECTION 2-15-1731, MCA.”
6
7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
8
9Section 1. Section 2-15-1731, MCA, is amended to read:
10 "2-15-1731. Board of medical examiners. (1) In accordance with 37-1-123, there is a Montana state
11 board of medical examiners.
12 (2) The board consists of 12 13 members:
13 (a) five doctors of medicine, including one with experience in emergency medicine, none of whom
14 may be from the same county;
15 (b) one doctor of osteopathy;
16 (c) one podiatrist;
17 (d) one nutritionist;
18 (e) one two physician assistant assistants;
19 (f) one emergency care provider, as defined in 50-6-202, who may be a volunteer emergency care
20 provider; and
21 (g) two public members.
22 (3) The board is allocated to the department as prescribed in 2-15-121."
23 - END -