Our Plan
Remove the mandate for collaborative agreements for experienced PAs.
The legally required relationship between PA and physician is outdated, unnecessary, and burdensome and prevents timely access to care for Illinois patients. Our legislation would remove the need to file an agreement with the state and specific physician. Practice requirements, including collaborative agreements, would be determined at the practice level.
Eliminate delegated prescriptive authority.
PAs currently practice under their own state of Illinois controlled substance license and personal DEA license.
The authority to prescribe should be decided at the practice level based on the education and experience of an individual PA. Our legislation would retain education, training, and licensure requirements for prescribers.
Ensure that PAs continue to work as part of health care teams.
Our legislation maintains a prohibition on PA practice ownership & billing, requires new PAs to have a formal relationship with a collaborating physician, and maintains the current physician-to-PA ratio when a formal relationship is required.
