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Bill Physician assistants; practice. Practice of physician assistants. Removesthe requirement that physician assistants appointed as medical examinerspractice as part of a patient care team. For hospice program licensing,the bill adds physician assistants to the list of hospice personnelwho may be part of a medically directed interdisciplinary team. Thebill removes a reference to physician assistants in the definitionof patient care team podiatrist. Finally, the bill permits physicianassistants working in the field of orthopedics as part of a patientcare team to utilize fluoroscopy for guidance of diagnostic and therapeuticprocedures, provided other requirements are met. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 HB 145 Virginia HB 145 (2022)
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Virginia HB 145 (2022) — Physician assistants; practice.

Practice of physician assistants. Removesthe requirement that physician assistants appointed as medical examinerspractice as part of a patient care team. For hospice program licensing,the bill adds physician assistants to the list of hospice personnelwho may be part of a medically directed interdisciplinary team. Thebill removes a reference to physician assistants in the definitionof patient care team podiatrist. Finally, the bill permits physicianassistants working in the field of orthopedics as part of a patientcare team to utilize fluoroscopy for guidance of diagnostic and therapeuticprocedures, provided other requirements are met.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. CHAP0151 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB145ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101644D (committee substitute) — source
  4. Printed as engrossed 22101644D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — 90 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Christopher T. Head — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2022-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101644D introduction
  • 2022-01-07 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2022-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB145)
  • 2022-01-18 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2022-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-25 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-01-25 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-01-27 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-01-28 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-01-28 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2022-01-28 Engrossed by House as amended HB145E
  • 2022-01-28 Printed as engrossed 22101644D-E
  • 2022-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-01-31 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB145E)
  • 2022-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2022-02-01 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2022-02-16 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
  • 2022-02-18 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-24 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-28 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-02-28 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-02 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-02 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB145ER)
  • 2022-03-03 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 151 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ef991f9-412a-49a8-aa76-80a3683c72de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).