Sec. 3. Making physician assistants eligible for incentives when serving as primary care providers or faculty members
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Section 428K of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1078–11 ) is amended— in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following: The individual is a physician assistant employed full-time— as a physician assistant in a clinical setting providing primary care services; or as a member of the physician assistant faculty at a physician assistant education program (as defined in section 799B of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 295p )). ; in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following:
The term physician assistant means an individual who— graduated from a physician assistant education program (as defined in section 799B of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 295p )); is certified as a physician assistant by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants or any successor organization; and either— holds a valid and unrestricted license to practice medicine as a physician assistant in the State in which the physician assistant practices in a clinical setting; or is qualified for licensure in the State where the individual is employed as a full-time physician assistant faculty member of a physician assistant education program (as defined in section 799B of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 295p )). ; and in subsection (h), by striking fiscal year 2009 and inserting fiscal year 2020 .
The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to employment occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Making physician assistants eligible for incentives when serving as primary care providers or faculty members
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